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The Greatest Show On Earth

1952, Movie, NR, 153 mins

Year: 1952
Rated NR
Parental Rating: Good for children
Country Of Origin: U.S.
Running Time: 153
Format: Color
Genre(s): Drama
Production Co(s).: Paramount
Released By: Paramount

Award(s)
Academy Award Winner: Best Motion Picture Story - Fredric M. Frank, Theodore St. John, Frank Cavett
Academy Award Winner: Best Picture
Academy Award Nominee: Best Director - Cecil B. DeMille
Academy Award Nominee: Best Costume Design (Color) - Edith Head, Dorothy Jeakins, Miles White
Academy Award Nominee: Best Film Editing - Anne Bauchens

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Cast
Betty Hutton: Holly
Cornel Wilde: Sebastian
Charlton Heston: Brad
Dorothy Lamour: Phyllis
Gloria Grahame: Angel
James Stewart: Buttons, a Clown
Henry Wilcoxon: Detective
Lyle Bettger: Klaus
Lawrence Tierney: Henderson
John Kellogg: Harry
John Ridgely: Jack Steelman, Assistant Manager
Frank Wilcox: Circus Doctor
Robert Carson: Ringmaster
Lillian Albertson: Buttons' Mother
Julia Faye: Birdie
Emmett Kelly
Cucciola
Antoinette Concello
John Ringling North: Themselves
Gloria Drew: Ann
Anthony Marsh: Tony
Bruce Cameron: Bruce
Noel Neill: Noel
Charmienne Harker: Charmienne
Dorothy Crider: Dorothy
Patricia Michon: Patricia
Vicki Bakken: Vicki
Gay McEldowney: Gay
Hugh Prosser: Hugh
Russ Conklin: Rus
John Crawford: Jack
Claude Dunkin: Claude
Keith Richards: Keith
Rosemary Dvorak: Rosemary
Lorna Jordan: Lorna
Mona Knox: Mona
Gertrude Messinger: Gertrude
John Parrish: Jack Lawson
William Hall: Bill
Brad Johnson: Reporter
William J. Riley: Policeman
Robert W. Rushing: Policeman
Adele Cook Johnson: Mabel
Lane Chandler: Lane
Howard Negley: Truck Boss
Erik Nelson: Boy
Beverly Washburn: Girl
Syd Saylor: Circus Barker
Lester Dorr: Circus Barker
Milton Kibbee: Townsman
Fred Kohler Jr.: Fireman
Greta Granstedt: Woman
Mary Field: Woman
Kathleen Freeman: Woman
Ross Bagdasarian: Man
Edmond O'Brien: Midway Barker
Dale Van Sickel: Man in Train Wreck
William Boyd: Himself
Bing Crosby: People in Grandstand
Bob Hope: People in Grandstand
Mona Freeman: People in Grandstand
Tuffy Genders: Tuffy
Ethan Laidlaw: Hank
Stanley Andrews: Man
Lydia Clarke: Circus Girl
John Merton: Chuck
Bradford Hatton: Osborne
Herbert Lytton: Foreman
Norman Field: Truesdale
Everett Glass: Board Member
Lee Aaker: Boy
Nancy Gates: Spectator
Ken Christy: Spectator
Clarence Nash: Spectator
Bess Flowers: Spectator
Lou Jacobs: Circus Act
Felix Adler: Circus Act
The Flying Concellos: Circus Act
Paul Jung: Circus Act
The Maxellos: Circus Act
Dolores Hall
Robert St. Angelo
Davison Clark
Dorothy Adams
Ottola Nesmith
David Newell
Josephine Whittell

Credits
Cecil B. DeMille: Director
Fredric M. Frank: Writer
Barre Lyndon: Writer
Theodore St. John: Writer - based on a story by Frank, St. John, Frank Cavett
Frank Cavett: Source
Fredric M. Frank: Source
Theodore St. John: Source
Cecil B. DeMille: Producer
W. Wallace Kelley: Cinematographer - Technicolor
George Barnes: Cinematographer
Peverell Marley: Cinematographer
Anne Bauchens: Editor
Victor Young: Musical Composer
Hal Pereira: Art Director
Walter Tyler: Art Director
Sam Comer: Set Decorator
Ray Moyer: Set Decorator
Edith Head: Costumes
Dorothy Jeakins: Costumes
Miles White: Costumes
Devereaux Jennings: Special Effects
Gordon Jennings: Special Effects
Paul K. Lerpae: Special Effects
Richard Barstow: Choreography
Wally Westmore: Make Up
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