The Greatest Show on Earth
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.
Action, Drama, Romance
Paramount Pictures
Betty Hutton as Holly, Cornel Wilde as The Great Sebastian, Charlton Heston as Brad Braden, Dorothy Lamour as Phyllis, Gloria Grahame as Angel, Henry Wilcoxon as FBI Agent Gregory, Lyle Bettger as Klaus, Lawrence Tierney as Mr. Henderson, James Stewart as Buttons, Emmett Kelly as Himself, Julia Faye as Birdie, Frank Wilcox as Doctor, Lillian Albertson as Buttons' mother, Dorothy Adams as Sam's Wife (uncredited), John Ringling North as Himself, Lou Jacobs as Himself (clown), Mona Freeman as Spectator (uncredited), John Kellogg as Harry, John Ridgely as Assistant Manager, Beverly Washburn as Little Girl Spectator (uncredited), Lee Aaker as Little Boy Spectator (uncredited), Eric Alden as Canvas Man (uncredited), Erville Alderson as Spectator (uncredited), Oliver Blake as Spectator (uncredited), William Boyd as Hopalong Cassidy (uncredited), Lane Chandler as Dave (uncredited), Bing Crosby as Spectator (uncredited), Cecil B. DeMille as Narrator (voice) (uncredited), Kathleen Freeman as Spectator (uncredited), Bob Hope as Spectator (uncredited), Noel Neill as Noel (uncredited), Edmond O'Brien as Midway Barker at End (uncredited), Syd Saylor as Circus Barker (uncredited)