The Greatest Show on Earth
1952 · directed by Cecil B. DeMille
- Rating
- 68/100
- Hit
- no
- Prestige lists
- Oscar Winner
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.
The Greatest Show on Earth (1952), directed by Cecil B. DeMille, rates 68/100. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.
Cast
- Betty Hutton
- Cornel Wilde
- Charlton Heston
- Dorothy Lamour
- Gloria Grahame
- James Stewart
- Henry Wilcoxon
- Lyle Bettger
- Lawrence Tierney
- Emmett Kelly
Crew
- George Barnes — Director of Photography
- Anne Bauchens — Editor
- Victor Young — Original Music Composer
- Barré Lyndon — Screenplay
- Fredric M. Frank — Screenplay
- Theodore St. John — Screenplay
More from Cecil B. DeMille
- The Ten Commandments (1956) — 81/100 · hit
- The Ten Commandments (1923) — 74/100
- Union Pacific (1939) — 74/100
- The Cheat (1915) — 74/100
- Unconquered (1947) — 74/100
- Cleopatra (1934) — 72/100
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