The Greatest Show on Earth
The Heartbeat Story of Circus People, Filmed with the Cooperation of Ringling Bros. - Barnum and Bailey Circus!
152 mins
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.
Cucciola
Cucciola
Robert Carson
The Ringmaster
Lou Jacobs
Himself (clown)
Brad Jackson
Reporter at RIngside
Chuck Hamilton
Ambulance Driver (uncredited)
Luce Potter
Midget
Antoinette Concello
Antoinette Concello
Tuffy Genders
Tuffy Genders
Lillian O'Malley
Spectator
Fredric M. Frank
Screenplay
Theodore St. John
Screenplay
George Barnes
Director of Photography
Theodore St. John
Story
Fredric M. Frank
Story
Anne Bauchens
Editor
Barré Lyndon
Screenplay
Frank Cavett
Story
Jack Gariss
Additional Writing
Arthur Rosson
Second Unit Director
Walter H. Tyler
Art Direction
John Cope
Sound Recordist
J. Peverell Marley
Additional Photography
W. Wallace Kelley
Additional Photography
Ray Moyer
Set Decoration
Edward Salven
Assistant Director
Hal Pereira
Art Direction
Harry Lindgren
Sound Recordist
