The Greatest Show on Earth (1952) Cast & Crew

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Directed by Cecil B. DeMille.

Cast

• Betty Hutton as Holly
• Cornel Wilde as The Great Sebastian
• Charlton Heston as Brad Braden
• Dorothy Lamour as Phyllis
• Gloria Grahame as Angel
• James Stewart as Buttons
• Henry Wilcoxon as Agent Gregory
• Lyle Bettger as Klaus
• Lawrence Tierney as Mr. Henderson
• Emmett Kelly as Emmett Kelly
• Cucciola as Cucciola
• Antoinette Concello as Antoinette Concello
• John Ringling North as John Ringling North
• Tuffy Genders as Tuffy Genders
• John Kellogg as Harry
• John Ridgely as Assistant Manager
• Frank Wilcox as Doctor
• Robert Carson as The Ringmaster
• Lillian Albertson as Buttons' Mother
• Julia Faye as Birdie
• Cecil B. DeMille as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
• Lou Jacobs as Clown (uncredited)
• Brad Jackson as Ringside Reporter (uncredited)
• Milton Kibbee as Picked-pocket Customer (uncredited)
• Davison Clark as Sam (uncredited)
• Dorothy Adams as Sam's Wife (uncredited)
• Arthur Q. Bryan as Ice-Cream Eating Spectator (uncredited)
• Bess Flowers as Spectator (uncredited)
• Bing Crosby as Spectator (uncredited)
• Bob Hope as Spectator (uncredited)
• Mona Freeman as Spectator (uncredited)
• Kathleen Freeman as Spectator (uncredited)
• William Boyd as Hopalong Cassidy (uncredited)
• Beverly Washburn as Little Girl Spectator (uncredited)
• Lee Aaker as Little Boy Spectator (uncredited)
• Erville Alderson as Spectator (uncredited)
• Oliver Blake as Spectator (uncredited)
• Franklyn Farnum as Spectator (uncredited)
• Nancy Gates as Spectator (uncredited)
• Bob Crosby as Spectator (uncredited)

Crew

• Cecil B. DeMille — Director
• Fredric M. Frank — Screenplay
• Theodore St. John — Screenplay
• George Barnes — Director of Photography
• Cecil B. DeMille — Producer
• Barré Lyndon — Screenplay
• Victor Young — Original Music Composer

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