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The Greatest Show on Earth
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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“The Heartbeat Story of Circus People, Filmed with the Cooperation of Ringling Bros. - Barnum and Bailey Circus!”
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- Feb 16, 1952
- 2h 32m
- English
- Cecil B. DeMille
- Fredric M. Frank, Theodore St. John, Barré Lyndon
- Released
- $4.0M
- $36.0M
