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The Greatest Show on Earth Details

Release Date: Jan 10, 1952
Rated:
Runtime: 2 hr. 29 min.
Genres: Action/Adventure
Director:Cecil B. DeMille
Cast:Betty Hutton, Cornel Wilde, Charlton Heston, Dorothy Lamour, Gloria Grahame.

FULL SYNOPSIS

Cecil B. DeMille's The Greatest Show on Earth is a lavish tribute to circuses, featuring three intertwining plotlines concerning romance and rivalry beneath the big top. DeMille's film includes spectacular action sequences, including a show-stopping train wreck. The Greatest Show on Earth won Academy Awards for Best Picture and Best Story. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Rovi

Release date:January 10, 1952

Awards

Awarded by	Nominee	Category	Year	Status
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences	Anne Bauchens	Best Editing	1952	Nominee
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences	Miles White	Best Color Costume Design	1952	Nominee
Hollywood Foreign Press Association	George Barnes	Best Cinematography - Color	1952	Winner
Hollywood Foreign Press Association	J. Peverell Marley	Best Cinematography - Color	1952	Winner
Hollywood Foreign Press Association	Cecil B. DeMille	Best Director	1952	Winner
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences	Cecil B. DeMille	Best Picture	1952	Winner
Directors Guild of America	Cecil B. DeMille	Best Director	1952	Nominee
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences	Cecil B. DeMille	Best Director	1952	Nominee

Cast

Betty Hutton: as Holly
Cornel Wilde: as Sebastian
Charlton Heston: as Brad Braden
Dorothy Lamour: as Phyllis
Gloria Grahame: as Angel
James Stewart: as Buttons, a Clown
Henry Wilcoxon: as Gregory of the FBI
Lyle Bettger: as Klaus
Lawrence Tierney: as Henderson
Antoinette Concello: as Herself
John Kellogg: as Harry
John Ridgely: as Jack Steelman, Assistant Manager
Frank Wilcox: as Circus Doctor
Bob Carson: as Ringmaster
Lillian Albertson: as Buttons' Mother
Julia Faye: as Birdie
Russ Conklin: as Rus
Davison Clark
Everett Glass: as Board member
Lester Dorr: as Circus Barker
Dorothy Adams
Ottola Nesmith
Riccardo Cucciolla: as Himself
Beverly Washburn: as Girl
Ethan Laidlaw: as Hank
Claude Dunkin: as Claude
John Crawford: as Jack
Hugh Prosser: as Hugh
Dale Van Sickel: as Man in train wreck
David Newell
Sid Saylor: as Circus barker
Noel Neill: as Noel
Lydia Clarke: as Circus Girl
Stanley Andrews: as Man
Bess Flowers: as Spectator
Jimmie Dundee: as Utility man
Mary Field
Howard Negley: as Truck boss
Milt Kibbee: as Townsman
Lane Chandler: as Dave
Greta Granstedt
Clarence Nash: as Spectator
Kathleen Freeman: as Woman
John Merton: as Chuck
Fred Kohler, Jr.: as Fireman
Nancy Gates: as Spectator
Josephine Whittell
Ken Christy: as Spectator
Iphigenie Castiglioni: as Herself
Charmienne Harker: as Charmienne
Lee Aaker: as Boy
Lou Jacobs: as Himself (clown)
Mona Knox: as Mona
Mona Freeman: as Spectator
Felix Adler: as Himself

Crew

Cecil B. DeMille: Director
Cecil B. DeMille: Producer
George Barnes: Cinematographer
J. Peverell Marley: Cinematographer
Victor Young: Composer (Music Score)
Anne Bauchens: Editor
Hal Pereira: Art Director
Walter Tyler: Art Director
Henry Wilcoxon: Associate Producer
Ray Moyer: Set Designer
Sam Comer: Set Designer
Edith Head: Costume Designer
Miles White: Costume Designer
Harry Lindgren: Sound/Sound Designer
John Cope: Sound/Sound Designer
Gordon Jennings: Special Effects
Richard Barstow: Choreography
Wally Westmore: Makeup