from Paramount Pictures
Directed by
Cecil B. DeMille
Starring
Betty Hutton ...Holly
Cornel Wilde ..."The Great Sebastian"
Charlton Heston ...Brad Braden
Dorothy Lamour ...Phyllis
Gloria Grahame ...Angel
Henry Wilcoxon ...Gregory of the FBI
Lyle Bettger ...Klaus
Lawrence Tierney ...Mr. Henderson
Emmett Kelly ...Himself
Cucciola ...Himself
Antoinette Concello ...Herself
John Ringling North ...Himself
Tuffy Genders ...Himself
John Kellogg ...Harry
John Ridgely ...Asst. Manager
Frank Wilcox ...Circus Doctor
Bob Carson ...Ringmaster
Lillian Albertson ...Buttons' Mother
Julia Faye ...Birdie
James Stewart ...Buttons
Scott H. Hall
William Hall ...Bill
Bradford Hatton ...Osborne
Bob Hope ...Spectator
Ross Bagdasarian ...Man
Lou Jacobs ...Himself (clown)
Brad Johnson ...Reporter
Paul Jung ...Himself
Milton Kibbee ...Townsman
Fred Kohler Jr. ...Fireman
Ethan Laidlaw ...Hank
Felix Adler ...Himself
Herbert Lytton ...Foreman
Anthony Marsh ...Tony
John Merton ...Chuck
Clarence Nash ...Spectator
Howard Negley ...Truck boss
David Newell
Edmond O'Brien ...Midway barker
John Parrish ...Jack Lawson
Buzzy Potts ...Himself
Hugh Prosser ...Hugh
Keith Richards ...Keith
William J. Riley ...Policeman
Robert W. Rushing ...Policeman
Syd Saylor ...Circus barker
Robert St. Angelo
Roland Tiebor ...Himself (sea lion trainer)
Dale Van Sickel ...Man in train wreck
Alberto Zoppe ...Himself (trick rider)
William Boyd ...Hopalong Cassidy
Lee Aaker ...Boy
Lonnie Burr ...Brother
Bruce Cameron ...Bruce
Lane Chandler ...Dave
Ken Christy ...Spectator
Davison Clark
Rus Conklin ...Rus
John Crawford ...Jack
Bing Crosby ...Spectator
Stanley Andrews ...Man
Lester Dorr ...Circus barker
Jimmie Dundee ...Utility man
Claude Dunkin ...Claude
Norman Field ...Truesdale
Everett Glass ...Board member
Gay McEldowney ...Gay
Gertrude Messinger ...Gertrude
Patricia Michon ...Patricia
Noel Neill ...Noel
Ottola Nesmith
Beverly Washburn ...Little girl
Josephine Whittell
Iphigenie Castiglioni ...Herself
Lydia Clarke ...Circus Girl
Dorothy Crider ...Dorothy
Gloria Drew ...Ann
Rosemary Dvorak ...Rosemary
Mary Field ...Woman
Bess Flowers ...Spectator
Kathleen Freeman ...Woman
Mona Freeman ...Spectator
Nancy Gates ...Spectator
Greta Granstedt ...Woman
Dolores Hall
Dorothy Adams
Charmienne Harker ...Charmienne
Adele Cook Johnson ...Mable
Lorna Jordon ...Lorna
Vicki Bakken ...Vicki
Mona Knox ...Mona
Written by
Fredric M. Frank (story)
and
Theodore St. John (story)
and
Frank Cavett (story)
Fredric M. Frank
and
Barré Lyndon
and
Theodore St. John |
 Big
top movie directed by Cecil B. DeMille, The Greatest Show on
Earth stars Charlton Heston as Brad Braden, the manager of a
circus. Braden hires "The Great Sebastian" (Cornel
Wilde) to help boost the seasons profits and unwittingly puts
his trapeze swinging girlfriend Holly (Betty Hutton) in danger.
James Stewart stars as Buttons, a clown with a secret past. Guest
cameos by Bing Crosby and Bob Hope.
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