The Greatest Show on Earth

1952 • 152 minutes
4.3
58 reviews
50%
Tomatometer
Eligible
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About this movie

Charlton Heston stars as Brad Braden, the diehard circus manager who lives and breathes to keep the show rolling. With the Big Top about to hit rock bottom, Braden hires The Great Sebastian (Cornel Wilde), a daring trapeze legend, to revitalize the circus. His arrival sparks the rivalry and admiration of Holly (Betty Hutton), Braden's girlfriend and trapeze star.

Ratings and reviews

4.3
58 reviews
Stareyed Girl
September 19, 2018
It is a product of it's time so anyone who mocks it has definitely not seen how good it is. You cannot make this film look any better than it does because the stars are either dead or too old to reshoot this old classic.
Sunshine
March 25, 2021
This is a great movie 🎥. It's a love story and the love of the great show on earth. We would go and see the Circus when I was a child, to see a story behind the scenes is nice the actor are best Oscar nominees and winners. If you love Classic and this is what a classic movie is not something made in the 80s or 90s.
Mike Peterson (Mic Pete)
September 15, 2019
One of four Grand circus films. Will not mark one better than another, they are all Grand in their own might. Watch& enjoy this one then the others. A time of great performers before the "atomic age" when circus art was at it's peak. Mic Pete @ Ririe, Idaho USA