The Greatest Show on Earth
The Heartbeat Story of Circus People, Filmed with the Cooperation of Ringling Bros. - Barnum and Bailey Circus!
Overview
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.
- Budget
- $4,000,000
- Revenue
- $36,000,000
- Production
- Paramount Pictures
Tags & Hashtags
Watch The Greatest Show on Earth Online
Video player provided by a third-party service. CineFlix does not host any content.
Official Trailer & More
Videos auto-play in sequence. If a video isn't available in your country, it's automatically skipped.
Cast
Betty Hutton
Holly
Cornel Wilde
The Great Sebastian
Charlton Heston
Brad Braden
Dorothy Lamour
Phyllis
Gloria Grahame
Angel
James Stewart
Buttons
Henry Wilcoxon
Agent Gregory
Lyle Bettger
Klaus
Lawrence Tierney
Mr. Henderson
Emmett Kelly
Emmett Kelly
John Ringling North
John Ringling North
John Kellogg
Harry
John Ridgely
Assistant Manager
Frank Wilcox
Doctor
Lillian Albertson
Buttons' Mother
Julia Faye
Birdie
Cecil B. DeMille
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Milton Kibbee
Picked-pocket Customer (uncredited)
Davison Clark
Sam (uncredited)
Dorothy Adams
Sam's Wife (uncredited)
Crew
- Director
- Cecil B. DeMille
- Producers
- Cecil B. DeMille
- Cinematography
- George Barnes
- Composer
- Victor Young
Where to Watch
Streaming availability data provided by JustWatch via TMDB. Click a logo to visit the provider's official website.
Similar Movies
Forrest Gump
1994
American Beauty
1999
East of Sumatra
1953
Mrs. Miniver
1942
Gacy
2003
55 Days at Peking
1963
Circus of Life
2020
The Man Who Laughs
1928
The Unknown
1927
Laugh, Clown, Laugh
1928
He Who Gets Slapped
1924
Lorraine of the Lions
1925
Shampoo
1975
Jack the Bear
1993
Monkey or Man
2022
The Man Who Knew Too Much
1956
Freaks
1932
The Last Emperor
1987
Gone with the Wind
1939
Out of Africa
1985
Recommendations
One from the Heart
1982
Two for the Seesaw
1962
The Yellow Handkerchief
2009
The Lost Husband
2020
Blood and Sand
1941
Life in a Year
2020
Blind
2017
Nine Lives
2005
Salome
1953
Titanic
1953
At First Sight
1999
I'm in Love with a Church Girl
2013
Moonlight Mile
2002
8 Seconds
1994
Not Easily Broken
2009
Come Sunday
2018
Step Up All In
2014
Pure Country
1992
Breathe
2017
Departure
2016
User Reviews (0)
Sign in with Google to post a rating and review.
- No reviews yet. Be the first to share your thoughts.
User Reviews from TMDB
Wuchak
March 15, 2020
***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 ring, Holly (Betty Hutton), who’s in love with the solemn manager (Charlton Heston). But, wait, Angel, the elephant babe (Gloria Grahame), is also in love with the boss man! Meanwhile, the resident clown…
CinemaSerf
September 11, 2022
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 journey of this collection of artistes, misfits and animals as they criss-cross America delighting audiences young and old. It's all headed up by "Brad" (Charlton Heston) who has quite a juggling act of hi…