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MPAA Rating: NR Content Advisory: Suitable for Children Movie Release: 1952 DVD Release: 04/06/2004 Format: DVD - Closed Captioned Audio Tracks: English, French Subtitles: English SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 2 hrs 32 mins Studio: Paramount Members Wishing: 21 Genres: Drama, Adventure Drama, Showbiz Drama

Cecil B. DeMille's The Greatest Show on Earth is a lavish tribute to circuses, featuring three intertwining plotlines concerning romance and rivalry beneath the big top. DeMille's film includes spectacular action sequences, including a show-stopping train wreck. The Greatest Show on Earth won Academy Awards for Best Picture and Best Story. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Movie Guide

Betty Hutton - Holly
Cornel Wilde - Sebastian
Charlton Heston - Brad Braden
Dorothy Lamour - Phyllis
Gloria Grahame - Angel

Recipient of two Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Cecil B. DeMille's The Greatest Show on Earth stars Betty Hutton, Charlton Heston, and Jimmy Stewart as three characters whose lives intersect against the backdrop of the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus. The 1952 film is presented in full-screen on this DVD, which also includes both the original English and dubbed-French soundtracks in Dolby Digital Mono. Optional English subtitles are included for the hearing impaired. ~ Matthew Tobey, All Movie Guide