in a year when singin in the rain and high noon be release and this overstuffed turkey somehow win the oscar for best picture . half the film be nothing more than circus performance . the other half be soap opera and melodrama . heston and wilde both overact and although they be model of restraint compare to the annoy hutton . play a self center trapeze artist and hutton act like an overzealous high school student in a badly produce school play . grahame be the only cast member to turn in a decent performance . demille have no interest in tell a good story and only in create an overlong spectacle and not matter how dull .