The Greatest Show on Earth (1952)
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Cecil B. DeMille's The Greatest Show on Earth is a lavish tribute to circuses, featuring three intertwining plotlines concerning romance and rivalry beneath the big top. DeMille's film includes spectacular action sequences, including a show-stopping train wreck. The Greatest Show on Earth won Academy Awards for Best Picture and Best Story. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 152 mins
Complete Cast:
- Betty Hutton - Holly
- Charlton Heston - Brad Braden
- Gloria Grahame - Angel
- Henry Wilcoxon - Gregory of the FBI
- Lawrence Tierney - Henderson
- Antoinette Concello - Herself
- John Kellogg - Harry
- Frank Wilcox - Circus Doctor
- Lillian Albertson - Buttons' Mother
- Lane Chandler - Dave
- Riccardo Cucciolla - Himself
- Lydia Clarke - Circus Girl
- Charmienne Harker - Charmienne
- William Hall - Bill
- Gertrude Messenger - Gertrude
- Herbert Lytton - Foreman
- Everett Glass - Board member
- Mona Knox - Mona
- Milt Kibbee - Townsman
- Keith Richards - Keith
- Sid Saylor - Circus barker
- Howard Negley - Truck boss
- Clarence Nash - Spectator
- Ken Christy - Spectator
- Stanley Andrews - Man
- John Merton - Chuck
- Jimmie Dundee - Utility man
- Norman Field - Truesdale
- William "Hopalong" Boyd - Hopalong Cassidy
- Noel Neill - Noel
- Russ Conklin - Rus
- Bruce Cameron - Bruce
- Cornel Wilde - Sebastian
- Dorothy Lamour - Phyllis
- James Stewart - Buttons, a Clown
- Lyle Bettger - Klaus
- Emmett Kelly, Jr. - Himself
- John Ringling North - Himself
- John Ridgely - Jack Steelman, Assistant Manager
- Bob Carson - Ringmaster
- Julia Faye - Birdie
- Erik Nelson - Boy
- Ethan Laidlaw - Hank
- Mona Freeman - Spectator
- Fred Kohler, Jr. - Fireman
- Claude Dunkin - Claude
- Lou Jacobs - Himself (clown)
- Hugh Prosser - Hugh
- Brad Johnson - Reporter
- Felix Adler - Himself
- Lee Aaker - Boy
- Iphigenie Castiglioni - Herself
- Anthony Marsh - Tony
- Beverly Washburn - Girl
- Bess Flowers - Spectator
- Kathleen Freeman - Woman
- Lorna Jordan - Lorna
- Dale Van Sickel - Man in train wreck
- Brad Hatton - Osborne
- John Crawford - Jack
- John Parrish - Jack Lawson
- Ross Bagdasarian, Sr. - Man
- Lester Dorr - Circus Barker
- Nancy Gates - Spectator
- Director(s):
- Cecil B. DeMille
- Writer(s):
- Theodore St. John, Barré Lyndon, Frank Cavett
- Producer(s):
- Cecil B. DeMille
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- 1952 - The Greatest Show on Earth - Golden Globe - Best Picture - Drama
- 1952 - The Greatest Show on Earth - Hollywood Foreign Press Association - Best Picture - Drama
- 1952 - The Greatest Show on Earth - Hollywood Foreign Press Association - Best Director
- 1952 - The Greatest Show on Earth - Hollywood Foreign Press Association - Best Cinematography - Color
- 1952 - The Greatest Show on Earth - Hollywood Foreign Press Association - Best Cinematography - Color
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