The Greatest Show on Earth

1952 "The Heartbeat Story of Circus People, Filmed with the Cooperation of Ringling Bros. - Barnum and Bailey Circus!"

The Greatest Show on Earth

6.5 | 2h32m | NR | en | Drama

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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6.5 | 2h32m | NR | en | Drama , Romance

Synopsis

Cast

Betty Hutton , Cornel Wilde , Charlton Heston

Director

Hal Pereira

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Cast

Betty Hutton

as Holly

[1952] Somebody Loves Me [1952] The Greatest Show on Earth [1950] Annie Get Your Gun [1949] Red Hot and Blue [1945] The Stork Club [1945] Incendiary Blonde [1944] And the Angels Sing [1943] The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek [1942] The Fleet's In

Cornel Wilde

as The Great Sebastian

[1979] The Fifth Musketeer [1978] The Norseman [1975] Sharks' Treasure [1972] Gargoyles [1967] Beach Red [1965] The Naked Prey [1963] Lancelot and Guinevere [1959] Edge of Eternity [1957] Beyond Mombasa

Charlton Heston

as Brad Braden

[2019] Hail Satan? [2010] Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff [2005] Ben-Hur: The Epic That Changed Cinema [2003] Christmas in Hollywood [2003] Greatest Heroes and Legends of The Bible: Jonah and the Whale [2003] Greatest Heroes and Legends of The Bible: Samson and Delilah [2003] Greatest Heroes and Legends of The Bible: David and Goliath [2003] Greatest Heroes and Legends of The Bible: Joshua and the Battle of Jericho [2002] Bowling for Columbine