The Greatest Show on Earth
Directed by Cecil B. DeMille
Starring Betty Hutton, Cornel Wilde, Charlton Heston, Dorothy Lamour, Gloria Grahame, James Stewart, Henry Wilcoxon, Lyle Bettger, Lawrence Tierney, Emmett Kelly
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To ensure a full profitable season, circus manager Brad Braden engages The Great Sebastian, though this moves his girlfriend Holly from her hard-won center trapeze spot. Holly and Sebastian begin a dangerous one-upmanship duel in the ring, while he pursues her on the ground.
- Original language
- English
- Screenplay
- Fredric M. Frank, Theodore St. John, Barré Lyndon, Frank Cavett
- Music
- Victor Young
- Cinematography
- George Barnes
- Cast
- Dorothy Lamour, Gloria Grahame, James Stewart, Henry Wilcoxon, Lyle Bettger, Lawrence Tierney, Emmett Kelly, Cucciola, Antoinette Concello
Updated July 22, 2026
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