The Greatest Show on Earth Movie Review 1952

DeMille is in all his epic glory here in a tale of a traveling circus wrought with glamour, romance, mysterious clowns, a tough ringmaster, and a train wreck.

Distribution

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Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 149 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Carnivals & Circuses, Top Grossing Films of 1952, Trains

Cast

Betty Hutton, Cornel Wilde, James Stewart, Charlton Heston, Dorothy Lamour, Lawrence Tierney, Gloria Grahame

Director

Cecil B. DeMille

Producer

Paramount Pictures, Cecil B. DeMille, Henry Wilcoxon

Awards

Oscars 1952: Picture, Story; Golden Globes 1953: Director (DeMille), Film--Drama.