The Greatest Show on Earth(Movie, 1952)

Name: The Greatest Show on Earth
Genre: Drama, Kids & Family, Romance / Love
Released: 1952
Duration: T02:32:00
Rating: 3.2

| 2h 32min | Genres: Drama, Kids & Family, Romance / Love

Rating: 3.2/5 (with 98 votes)

The Greatest Show on Earth is a 1952 American drama film produced and directed by Cecil B. DeMille, shot in Technicolor and released by Paramount Pictures. Set in the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, the film stars Betty Hutton and Cornel Wilde as trapeze artists competing for the center ring and Charlton Heston as the circus manager. James Stewart also stars as a mysterious clown who never removes his makeup, and Dorothy Lamour and Gloria Grahame also play supporting roles. In addition to the actors, the real Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey's Circus' 1951 troupe appears in the film with its complement of 1,400 people, hundreds of animals and 60 railroad cars of equipment and tents. The a... ()

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Duration: 2h 33min

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Awards & Nominations for The Greatest Show on Earth

Academy Award for Best Picture Academy Award for Best Story nominated for: Academy Award for Best Director nominated for: Academy Award for Best Story nominated for: Academy Award for Best Film Editing nominated for: Academy Award for Best Costume Design, Color nominated for: Academy Award for Best Picture

About 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.

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Trailer for The Greatest Show on Earth + Featurettes/Teaser/Clips

Trailer 1(Trailer, 4:05)

Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)

Shot in: Philadelphia (Pennsylvania)

Made by: Paramount Pictures

Original language: English (EN)

Spoken languages: English (EN), Russian (RU)

Translated into 20 languages: Catalan (CA), Czech (CS), Danish (DA), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Korean (KO), Dutch (NL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Swedish (SV), Turkish (TR), Ukrainian (UK), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date US: 02/21/1952 (World premiere: 02/16/1952)

Cast: Gloria Grahame, Charlton Heston, James Stewart, Betty Hutton, Dorothy Lamour, Cornel Wilde, Lyle Bettger, Henry Wilcoxon, Lawrence Tierney, Lillian Albertson, William Boyd, Bing Crosby, Cecil B. DeMille, Kathleen Freeman, Mona Freeman, Bob Hope, Van Johnson, Angelo Rossitto, Dorothy Adams, Edmond O'Brien, Frank Wilcox, John Ridgely, Julia Faye, Lane Chandler, Robert Carson, John Kellogg, John Crawford, Lee Aaker, James S. Armstrong

Director: Cecil B. DeMille

Producer: Cecil B. DeMille, Henry Wilcoxon

Screenwriter: Fredric M. Frank, Barré Lyndon, Theodore St. John

Film Editor: Anne Bauchens

Director of Photography: George Barnes, John Peverell Marley

Composer: Victor Young

Costume designer: Edith Head

Production Designer: Hal Pereira

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"O Maior Espetáculo da Terra"

"大马戏团"

"Sous le plus grand chapiteau du monde"

"지상 최대의 쇼"

Keywords: traveling circus, clown, trapeze artist, circus

Budget: 4,000,000 USD

Revenue: 36,000,000 USD (= 900%)

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The Greatest Show on Earth(Movie, 1952)

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