---
title: 'The Greatest Show on Earth (1952)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Cecil B. DeMille'
released: '1952-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 152
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-greatest-show-on-earth-1952'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0044672/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Greatest Show on Earth (1952)

1952 · 152 min · Drama · United States


## Synopsis

The Greatest Show on Earth is a 1952 American Technicolor epic drama film produced and directed by Cecil B. DeMille, and released by Paramount Pictures. Set in the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, the film stars Betty Hutton and Cornel Wilde as trapeze artists competing for the center ring and Charlton Heston as the circus manager. James Stewart also stars as a mysterious clown who never removes his makeup, and Dorothy Lamour and Gloria Grahame also play supporting roles.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Cecil B. DeMille](https://cinepixo.com/people/cecil-b-demille)
- **Producer:** [Cecil B. DeMille](https://cinepixo.com/people/cecil-b-demille), [Henry Wilcoxon](https://cinepixo.com/people/henry-wilcoxon)
- **Screenplay:** [Theodore St. John](https://cinepixo.com/people/theodore-st-john), [Fredric M. Frank](https://cinepixo.com/people/fredric-m-frank), [Barré Lyndon](https://cinepixo.com/people/barre-lyndon)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Victor Young](https://cinepixo.com/people/victor-young)
- **Director of Photography:** [George Barnes](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-barnes), [John Peverell Marley](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-peverell-marley)
- **Editor:** [Anne Bauchens](https://cinepixo.com/people/anne-bauchens)

## Cast

- [Bing Crosby](https://cinepixo.com/people/bing-crosby)
- [Dorothy Lamour](https://cinepixo.com/people/dorothy-lamour)
- [Julia Faye](https://cinepixo.com/people/julia-faye)
- [Lawrence Tierney](https://cinepixo.com/people/lawrence-tierney)
- [Lane Chandler](https://cinepixo.com/people/lane-chandler)
- [Kathleen Freeman](https://cinepixo.com/people/kathleen-freeman)
- [Mona Freeman](https://cinepixo.com/people/mona-freeman)
- [Lillian Albertson](https://cinepixo.com/people/lillian-albertson)
- [Charlton Heston](https://cinepixo.com/people/charlton-heston)
- [Lyle Bettger](https://cinepixo.com/people/lyle-bettger)
- [Betty Hutton](https://cinepixo.com/people/betty-hutton)
- [James S. Armstrong](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-s-armstrong)
- [Angelo Rossitto](https://cinepixo.com/people/angelo-rossitto)
- [Bob Hope](https://cinepixo.com/people/bob-hope)
- [Robert Carson](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-carson-2)

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