- Country: USA
- Genres: Drama, Family, Romance
- Release: 1952-05-01
- Director: Cecil B. DeMille
- Writers: Fredric M. Frank , Barré Lyndon , Theodore St. John , Frank Cavett (1905–1973)
- Language: English | Russian
- Stars: James Stewart (I) (1908–1997) , Charlton Heston , Betty Hutton , Cornel Wilde , Dorothy Lamour , Gloria Grahame , Henry Wilcoxon (1905–1984) , Lyle Bettger , Lawrence Tierney , Emmett Kelly
- Runtime: 152 min
- Awards: Won 2 Oscars. 9 wins & 5 nominations total
- AKA: Cel mai mare spectacol (Romania) , Den stora världscirkusen (Finland) , El espectáculo más grande del mundo (Mexico) , Het grootste schouwspel ter wereld (Belgium) , El espectáculo más grande del mundo (Chile) , The Greatest Show on Earth (India) , To ogdoo thavma (Greece) , The Greatest Show on Earth (Australia) , Die größte Schau der Welt (Austria) , Величайшее шоу мира , 戲王之王 (Taiwan) , Най-голямото шоу на земята (Bulgaria) , Największe widowisko świata (Poland) , Verdens største show (Norway) , 地上最大のショウ (Japan) , Världens största show (Sweden) , The Greatest Show on Earth (Canada) , Verdens største show (Denmark) , A földkerekség legnagyobb show-ja (Hungary) , Najveća predstava na svetu (Serbia) , The Greatest Show on Earth , Sous le plus grand chapiteau du monde (Canada) , El mayor espectáculo del mundo (Spain) , Suuri maailmansirkus (Finland) , O Maior Espetáculo da Terra (Brazil) , Cecil B. DeMille's The Greatest Show on Earth (United Kingdom) , El espectáculo más grande del mundo (Argentina) , Sous le plus grand chapiteau du monde (France, French Republic) , Найвеличніше шоу на землі (Ukraine) , The Greatest Show on Earth (Israel) , Die größte Schau der Welt (Germany) , El mayor espectáculo del mundo (Venezuela) , A világ legnagyobb látványossága (Hungary) , O Maior Espectáculo do Mundo (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , El espectáculo más grande del mundo (Uruguay, Eastern Republic of) , The Greatest Show on Earth (New Zealand) , Najvacsie predstavenie na svete (Slovakia (Slovak Republic)) , The Greatest Show on Earth (United Kingdom) , Cel mai mare spectacol din lume (Romania) , The Greatest Show on Earth (Singapore) , Cecil B. DeMille's The Greatest Show on Earth (United States of America) , The Greatest Show on Earth (United States of America) , Το όγδοο θαύμα (Greece) , Il più grande spettacolo del mondo (Italy) , Die größte Schau der Welt , The Greatest Show on Earth , Harikalar sirki (Turkey) , Le plus grand spectacle du monde (Belgium) , Najveća predstava na svijetu (Croatia) , The Greatest Show on Earth (United States of America)
- Plot:
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.
- IMDB:tt0044672
The Greatest Show on Earth Cast · · · ALL
Cecil B. DeMille
Director
Betty Hutton
Holly
Cornel Wilde
The Great Sebastian
Charlton Heston
Brad Braden
Dorothy Lamour
Phyllis
Gloria Grahame
Angel
James Stewart
(I)
(1908–1997)
Buttons
Henry Wilcoxon
(1905–1984)
FBI Agent Gregory
Lyle Bettger
Klaus
Lawrence Tierney
Mr. Henderson
Robert Carson
The Ringmaster
John Kellogg
Harry
Julia Faye
Birdie
Cecil B. DeMille
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
John Ringling North
Himself
Lou Jacobs
Himself (clown)
Frank Wilcox
Doctor
Lillian Albertson
Buttons' mother
Milton Kibbee
Picked-pocket Customer
Davison Clark
Sam, game customer
Dorothy Adams
Sam's Wife (uncredited)
Arthur Q. Bryan
Ice-Cream Eating Spectator
Bess Flowers
Spectator (uncredited)
Bing Crosby
(1903–1977)
Spectator (uncredited)
Bob Hope
Spectator (uncredited)
Mona Freeman
Spectator (uncredited)