The Greatest Show on Earth
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1952
2h 32m
NR
English
Drama, Romance
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The Greatest Show on Earth
NR
Movie
1952
2h 32m
English
Drama, Romance
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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Cast
Holly
The Great Sebastian
Brad Braden
Phyllis
Angel
Buttons
FBI Agent Gregory
Klaus
Mr. Henderson
Himself
Cucciola
The Ringmaster
Harry
Birdie
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Himself
Himself (clown)
Reporter at RIngside
Doctor
Buttons' mother
Picked-pocket Customer
Sam, game customer
Sam's Wife (uncredited)
Ice-Cream Eating Spectator
Spectator (uncredited)
Directed By: Cecil B. DeMille
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AlfieSGD
/10 2 weeks ago
I'm truly not a big circus fan. I think clowns are stupid, show elements with animals are morally questionable, and the acrobats usually have really annoying music playing in the background. These are certainly not the best prerequisites for “The Greatest Show on Earth,” which is regarded as the More
CinemaSerf
2 years ago
Hyperbole is quite common nowadays with a premium paid for hype and superlatives; but this film really does deserve one such accolade - it is a spectacular feast for the eyes. Set in a travelling circus that appears to employ the population of a small town, we are taken on the frequently bumpy journ More
Wuchak
5 years ago
***Delivers the goods for what it is — a big traditional circus flick***
Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus hires a popular Casanova trapeze artist, The Great Sabastian (Cornel Wilde), in order to keep their tour schedule full and he wastes no time romancing his rival for the center r More
Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus hires a popular Casanova trapeze artist, The Great Sabastian (Cornel Wilde), in order to keep their tour schedule full and he wastes no time romancing his rival for the center r More
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