Paramount Pictures

U.S. box office (inflation-adjusted): $519,000,000

Smart Rating: 80.47
Release year: 1952
Starring: Betty Hutton, Charlton Heston, Cornel Wilde

"The Greatest Show on Earth" is a dazzling spectacle of life behind the scenes with Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Bailey Circus, the best three-ring circus in the land. The film celebrates the extravagant three-ring circus and depicts the passionate scenes of love and jealousy behind the greatest show on Earth.


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