The Greatest Show on Earth The Heartbeat Story of Circus People, Filmed with the Cooperation of Ringling Bros. - Barnum and Bailey Circus! Release date: 1952-02-16 Genres: Drama, Romance Actors: Lawrence Tierney, Noel Neill, Charlton Heston, Kathleen Freeman, Chuck Hamilton, Eric Alden, John Ridgely, Syd Saylor, Arthur Q. Bryan, Betty Hutton, Bob Crosby, Robert Carson, Frank Wilcox, Milton Kibbee, Bing Crosby, Julia Faye, Lee Aaker, Lane Chandler, Lillian O'Malley, Henry Wilcoxon, Edmond O'Brien, Bess Flowers, John Kellogg, Mona Freeman, Oliver Blake, Beverly Washburn, James Stewart, Lillian Albertson, Angelo Rossitto, Dorothy Lamour, Cornel Wilde, Bob Hope, Gloria Grahame, Nancy Gates, Lyle Bettger, Dorothy Adams, Franklyn Farnum, William Boyd, Erville Alderson, Davison Clark, Emmett Kelly, Daisy Earles, Kay Wiley, Tuffy Genders, John Ringling North, Brad Jackson, Luce Potter, Lou Jacobs, Cucciola, Antoinette Concello Direction: Cecil B. DeMille Budget: $4,000,000Revenue: $36,000,000 Runtime: 2 h. 32 min. Score: 6.3/10 Votes: 257 Countries: United States of America Companies: Paramount Pictures Available* : Overview: 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.
