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About
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.
Theatrical
Feb 21, 1952
DVD / Blu-ray
Apr 6, 2004
Box Office
$36.0M
Budget
$4.0M
Return
9.0x
Director
Writers
Producers
Music
Studio
Paramount Pictures
Keywords
Cast
Full credits →B
Betty Hutton
Holly
C
Cornel Wilde
The Great Sebastian
C
Charlton Heston
Brad Braden
D
Dorothy Lamour
Phyllis
G
Gloria Grahame
Angel
J
James Stewart
Buttons
H
Henry Wilcoxon
Agent Gregory
L
Lyle Bettger
Klaus
L
Lawrence Tierney
Mr. Henderson
E
Emmett Kelly
Emmett Kelly
J
John Kellogg
Harry
J
John Ridgely
Assistant Manager
F
Frank Wilcox
Doctor
R
Robert Carson
The Ringmaster
L
Lillian Albertson
Buttons' Mother
J
Julia Faye
Birdie
C
Cecil B. DeMille
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
M
Milton Kibbee
Picked-pocket Customer (uncredited)
D
Davison Clark
Sam (uncredited)
D
Dorothy Adams
Sam's Wife (uncredited)
Quotes
See all →A Film Experience for All Audiences
Taglines
The motion picture for everyone!
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Celebrating the Essence of Entertainment
Taglines
Love! Laughter! Thrills! Wonders! Suspense! Spectacle! Heart!
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