The Greatest Show on Earth1952
The Heartbeat Story of Circus People, Filmed with the Cooperation of Ringling Bros. - Barnum and Bailey Circus!
Director
Screenplay
Fredric M. Frank, Theodore St. John, Barré Lyndon
Actors
Betty Hutton, Cornel Wilde, Charlton Heston, Dorothy Lamour, Gloria Grahame, James Stewart, Henry Wilcoxon, Lawrence Tierney, John Kellogg, Julia Faye, Frank Wilcox, Milton Kibbee, Dorothy Adams, Arthur Q. Bryan, Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Mona Freeman, Kathleen Freeman, William Boyd, Lee Aaker, Erville Alderson, Franklyn Farnum, Bob Crosby, John Ridgely, Edmond O'Brien, Noel Neill, Daisy Earles, Angelo Rossitto
Music
Versions
Theatrical – 152 Minutes
Genres
FSK
12
About the film
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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Ratings
6.4tmdb
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