Rating: NR
Genre: Drama
Release Date: 04/06/2004
SubTitles: English
Dubbed: English/French
Sound: DD1
Run Time: 152 Minutes
Distributor/Studio: Paramount

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

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Cast:
Betty Hutton - Holly
Cornel Wilde - Sebastian
Charlton Heston - Brad Braden
Dorothy Lamour - Phyllis
Gloria Grahame - Angel
James Stewart - Buttons, a Clown
Henry Wilcoxon - Gregory of the FBI
Lyle Bettger - Klaus
Lawrence Tierney - Henderson
Emmett Kelly, Jr. - Himself
Antoinette Concello - Herself
John Ringling North - Himself
John Kellogg - Harry
John Ridgely - Jack Steelman, Assistant Manager
Frank Wilcox - Circus Doctor
Bob Carson - Ringmaster
Lillian Albertson - Buttons' Mother
Julia Faye - Birdie

Production:
Cecil B. DeMille - Director
Cecil B. DeMille - Producer
Victor Young - Composer
Anne Bauchens - Editor
Frank Cavett Barré Lyndon Fredric M. Frank Theodore St. John - Screen Writer
Ray Moyer Sam Comer - Set Designer
Hal Pereira - Art Director
Walter Tyler - Art Director
Henry Wilcoxon - Associate Producer
Richard Barstow - Choreography
Anne Peverell - Cinematographer
George Barnes - Cinematographer
J. Peverell Marley - Cinematographer
W. Wallace Kelley - Cinematographer
Dorothy Jeakins - Costume Designer
Edith Head - Costume Designer
Miles White - Costume Designer
Wally Westmore - Makeup
Theodore St. John - Screen Story
John Cope - Sound/Sound Designer
Devereaux Jennings - Special Effects
Gordon Jennings - Special Effects
Paul K. Lerpae - Special Effects
Harry Lindgren - Sound/Sound Designer

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1952 Directors Guild of America

1952 Golden Globe