The Greatest Show on Earth

The Greatest Show on Earth

The Heartbeat Story of Circus People, Filmed with the Cooperation of Ringling Bros. - Barnum and Bailey Circus!

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Release Date

2/16/1952

Runtime

152 mins

Overview

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.

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$4,000,000

Revenue

$36,000,000

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A grand spectacle of circus performance and romantic tension, where the glamour of the big top becomes the stage for both breathtaking acrobatics and personal drama. It's a film that luxuriates in the romance of circus life while charting the collision between professional ambition and matters of the heart.

Mood

RomanticExhilaratingBittersweet

Themes

LoveAmbition

Tone

Earnest

Pacing

Steady

Look

Widescreen epicNaturalistic

Structure

Linear

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