The Greatest Show on Earth
  • Title: The Greatest Show on Earth
  • Original Title: The Greatest Show on Earth
  • Release Date: 16/02/1952
  • Tagline: The Heartbeat Story of Circus People, Filmed with the Cooperation of Ringling Bros. - Barnum and Bailey Circus!
  • Budget: $4,000,000.00
  • Duration:152 Min / 02:32
  • Country:US
  • Genre:DramaRomance

About Film

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.

Movie Rating: 6.34

Total Votes: 255

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Wuchak
Wuchak
8/10
***Delivers the goods for what it is — a big traditional circus flick*** Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus hires a popular Casanova trapeze artist, The Great Sabastian (Cornel Wilde), in order to keep their tour schedule full and he wastes no time romancing his rival for the center ring, Holly (Betty Hutton), who’s in love with the...
Geronimo1967
Geronimo1967
6/10
Hyperbole is quite common nowadays with a premium paid for hype and superlatives; but this film really does deserve one such accolade - it is a spectacular feast for the eyes. Set in a travelling circus that appears to employ the population of a small town, we are taken on the frequently bumpy journey of this collection of artistes, misfits and...