The Greatest Show on Earth

The Heartbeat Story of Circus People, Filmed with the Cooperation of Ringling Bros. - Barnum and Bailey Circus!

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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.

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Creators

Cecil B. DeMille

director

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Fredric M. Frank

writer

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Theodore St. John

writer

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Barré Lyndon

writer

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Frank Cavett

writer

Cast

Betty Hutton actor

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Cornel Wilde actor Charlton Heston actor

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Dorothy Lamour actor

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Gloria Grahame actor James Stewart actor

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Henry Wilcoxon actor

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Lyle Bettger actor

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Lawrence Tierney actor

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Emmett Kelly actor

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Cucciola actor

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Robert Carson actor

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John Kellogg actor Julia Faye actor Cecil B. DeMille actor

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John Ringling North actor Lou Jacobs actor

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Brad Jackson actor Frank Wilcox actor

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Lillian Albertson actor