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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.
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- verified Status: Released
- calendar_month Release Date: 1952-02-16
- video_camera_front Companies Paramount Pictures
- timer Runtime: 152 Mins
- star Rating: 6.3 / 10
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- info IMDB ID tt0044672
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smart_display Cast

Betty Hutton
Holly

Cornel Wilde
The Great Sebastian

Charlton Heston
Brad Braden

Dorothy Lamour
Phyllis

Gloria Grahame
Angel

James Stewart
Buttons

Henry Wilcoxon
FBI Agent Gregory

Lyle Bettger
Klaus

Lawrence Tierney
Mr. Henderson

Emmett Kelly
Himself

Cucciola
Cucciola

Robert Carson
The Ringmaster

John Kellogg
Harry

Julia Faye
Birdie

Cecil B. DeMille
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

John Ringling North
Himself

Lou Jacobs
Himself (clown)

Brad Jackson
Reporter at RIngside

Frank Wilcox
Doctor

Lillian Albertson
Buttons' mother

Milton Kibbee
Picked-pocket Customer

Davison Clark
Sam, game customer

Dorothy Adams
Sam's Wife (uncredited)

Arthur Q. Bryan
Ice-Cream Eating Spectator

Bess Flowers
Spectator (uncredited)

Bing Crosby
Spectator (uncredited)

Bob Hope
Spectator (uncredited)

Mona Freeman
Spectator (uncredited)

Kathleen Freeman
Spectator (uncredited)

William Boyd
Hopalong Cassidy (uncredited)

Beverly Washburn
Little Girl Spectator (uncredited)

Lee Aaker
Little Boy Spectator (uncredited)

Erville Alderson
Spectator (uncredited)

Oliver Blake
Spectator (uncredited)

Franklyn Farnum
Spectator (uncredited)

Nancy Gates
Spectator

Bob Crosby
Spectator

John Ridgely
Assistant Manager

Lane Chandler
Dave (uncredited)

Edmond O'Brien
Midway Barker at End (uncredited)

Eric Alden
Canvas Man (uncredited)

Noel Neill
Noel (uncredited)

Syd Saylor
Circus Barker (uncredited)

Chuck Hamilton
Ambulance Driver (uncredited)

Daisy Earles
Midget

Luce Potter
Midget

Angelo Rossitto
Dwarf

Antoinette Concello
Antoinette Concello

Tuffy Genders
Tuffy Genders

Kay Wiley

Lillian O'Malley
Spectator
groups Crew

Cecil B. DeMille
Director

Fredric M. Frank
Screenplay

Theodore St. John
Screenplay

Polly Burson
Stunts

Barré Lyndon
Screenplay

Fredric M. Frank
Story

Theodore St. John
Story

Frank Cavett
Story

Jack Gariss
Additional Writing

Cecil B. DeMille
Producer

Henry Wilcoxon
Associate Producer

George Barnes
Director of Photography

Anne Bauchens
Editor

W. Wallace Kelley
Additional Photography

J. Peverell Marley
Additional Photography

Edith Head
Costume Design

Dorothy Jeakins
Costume Design

Hal Pereira
Art Direction

Walter H. Tyler
Art Direction

Sam Comer
Set Decoration

Ray Moyer
Set Decoration

Wally Westmore
Makeup Supervisor

Harry Lindgren
Sound Recordist

John Cope
Sound Recordist

John Ringling North
Technical Advisor

Edward Salven
Assistant Director

Arthur Rosson
Second Unit Director

Victor Young
Original Music Composer
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