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The Greatest Show on Earth

1952Feature film152 minVerification: Verified

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Production countries
United States
Languages
English
Genres
drama film

Credits

Art department

Hal Pereira — Production design

Cinematography

George Barnes — Cinematography
John Peverell Marley — Cinematography

Costume

Edith Head — Costume design

Direction

Cecil B. DeMille — Directing

Editing

Anne Bauchens — Editing

Music

Victor Young — Music composition

Cast

Gloria Grahame — Acting
Charlton Heston — Acting
James Stewart — Acting
Betty Hutton — Acting
Dorothy Lamour — Acting
Cornel Wilde — Acting
Lyle Bettger — Acting
Henry Wilcoxon — Acting
Lawrence Tierney — Acting
Lillian Albertson — Acting
William Boyd — Acting
Bing Crosby — Acting
Cecil B. DeMille — Acting
Kathleen Freeman — Acting
Mona Freeman — Acting
Bob Hope — Acting
Van Johnson — Acting
Angelo Rossitto — Acting
Dorothy Adams — Acting
Edmond O'Brien — Acting
Frank Wilcox — Acting
John Ridgely — Acting
Julia Faye — Acting
Lane Chandler — Acting
Robert Carson — Acting
John Kellogg — Acting
John Crawford — Acting
Lee Aaker — Acting
James S. Armstrong — Acting

Production

Cecil B. DeMille — Production
Henry Wilcoxon — Production

Writing

Fredric M. Frank — Screenwriting
Barré Lyndon — Screenwriting
Theodore St. John — Screenwriting
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