The Greatest Show on Earth (1952)

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Cast

Lillian Albertson	Buttons' Mother
Lyle Bettger	Klaus
Bob Carson	Ringmaster
Antoinette Concello	Herself
Julia Faye	Birdie
Gloria Grahame	Angel
Betty Hutton	Holly
John Kellogg	Harry
Emmett Kelly, Jr.	Himself
Dorothy Lamour	Phyllis
John Ringling North	Himself
John Ridgely	Jack Steelman, Assistant Manager
James Stewart	Buttons, a Clown
Lawrence Tierney	Henderson
Frank Wilcox	Circus Doctor
Charlton Heston	Brad Braden
Henry Wilcoxon	Gregory of the FBI
Cornel Wilde	Sebastian

Production Crew

Hal Pereira	Art Director
Walter Tyler	Art Director
Henry Wilcoxon	Associate Producer
Richard Barstow	Choreography
Anne Peverell	Cinematographer
George Barnes	Cinematographer
J. Peverell Marley	Cinematographer
W. Wallace Kelley	Cinematographer
Victor Young	Composer (Music Score)
Dorothy Jeakins	Costume Designer
Edith Head	Costume Designer
Miles White	Costume Designer
Cecil B. DeMille	Director
Anne Bauchens	Editor
Wally Westmore	Makeup
Cecil B. DeMille	Producer
Theodore St. John	Screen Story
Barré Lyndon	Screenwriter
Frank Cavett	Screenwriter
Fredric M. Frank	Screenwriter
Theodore St. John	Screenwriter
Ray Moyer	Set Designer
Sam Comer	Set Designer
Theodore St. John	Short Story Author
Theodore St. John	Short Story Author
Harry Lindgren	Sound/Sound Designer
John Cope	Sound/Sound Designer
Devereaux Jennings	Special Effects
Gordon Jennings	Special Effects
Paul K. Lerpae	Special Effects

Genre
Drama

Awards
1952 - Best Film - New York Film Critics Circle
1952 - Best Picture - Academy
1952 - Best Picture - Drama - Golden Globe
1952 - Best Picture - Academy
1952 - Best Picture - Drama - Golden Globe
1952 - Best Picture - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie
1952 - Best Picture - Drama - Hollywood Foreign Press Association

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