The Greatest Show on Earth [27191] Released: 1952-02-16 Revenue: $36,000,000 Budget: $4,000,000 Profit: $32,000,000 Runtime: 152 mins Popularity: 2.2531 Vote Average: 6.3 Vote Count: 254 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. Cast [51] Betty HuttonHolly Cornel WildeThe Great Sebastian Charlton HestonBrad Braden Dorothy LamourPhyllis Gloria GrahameAngel James StewartButtons Henry WilcoxonFBI Agent Gregory Lyle BettgerKlaus Lawrence TierneyMr. Henderson Emmett KellyHimself CucciolaCucciola Robert CarsonThe Ringmaster John KelloggHarry Julia FayeBirdie Cecil B. DeMilleNarrator John Ringling NorthHimself Lou JacobsHimself Brad JacksonReporter at RIngside Frank WilcoxDoctor Lillian AlbertsonButtons' mother Milton KibbeePicked-pocket Custom Davison ClarkSam, game customer Dorothy AdamsSam's Wife Arthur Q. BryanIce-Cream Eating Spe Bess FlowersSpectator Bing CrosbySpectator Bob HopeSpectator Mona FreemanSpectator Kathleen FreemanSpectator William BoydHopalong Cassidy Beverly WashburnLittle Girl Spectato Lee AakerLittle Boy Spectator Erville AldersonSpectator Oliver BlakeSpectator Franklyn FarnumSpectator Nancy GatesSpectator Bob CrosbySpectator John RidgelyAssistant Manager Lane ChandlerDave Edmond O'BrienMidway Barker at End Eric AldenCanvas Man Noel NeillNoel Syd SaylorCircus Barker Chuck HamiltonAmbulance Driver Daisy EarlesMidget Luce PotterMidget Angelo RossittoDwarf Antoinette ConcelloAntoinette Concello Tuffy GendersTuffy Genders Kay Wiley Lillian O'MalleySpectator Trailers The Greatest Show on Earth (1952) Trailer