Il più grande spettacolo del mondo
Trama
Il famoso acrobata Sebastian è assunto dal circo Bradley, con disappunto di Olly, stella dello spettacolo. Tra i due si crea una forte rivalità. Offeso dalle insinuazioni della sua rivale, Sebastian decide di fare il numero senza rete, ma cade e resta con un braccio paralizzato. Olly, pentita, cerca di farsi perdonare con il suo amore. Rutilante affresco circense firmato Cecil B. De Mille, pieno di colpi di scnea e tuttavia piuttosto statico. Oscar per il miglior film e per il soggetto.
(1952) Dramma , Romance
Data rilascio : 16/02/1952
regia di Cecil B. DeMille
Budget : 4.000.000,00 $
Incasso : 36.000.000,00 $
Cast
Betty Hutton - Holly
Cornel Wilde - The Great Sebastian
Charlton Heston - Brad Braden
Dorothy Lamour - Phyllis
Gloria Grahame - Angel
James Stewart - Buttons
Henry Wilcoxon - FBI Agent Gregory
Lyle Bettger - Klaus
Lawrence Tierney - Mr. Henderson
Emmett Kelly - Himself
Cucciola - Cucciola
Robert Carson - The Ringmaster
John Kellogg - Harry
Julia Faye - Birdie
Cecil B. DeMille - Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
John Ringling North - Himself
Lou Jacobs - Himself (clown)
Brad Jackson - Reporter at RIngside
Frank Wilcox - Doctor
Lillian Albertson - Buttons' mother
Milton Kibbee - Picked-pocket Customer
Davison Clark - Sam, game customer
Dorothy Adams - Sam's Wife (uncredited)
Arthur Q. Bryan - Ice-Cream Eating Spectator
Bess Flowers - Spectator (uncredited)
Bing Crosby - Spectator (uncredited)
Bob Hope - Spectator (uncredited)
Mona Freeman - Spectator (uncredited)
Kathleen Freeman - Spectator (uncredited)
William Boyd - Hopalong Cassidy (uncredited)
Beverly Washburn - Little Girl Spectator (uncredited)
Lee Aaker - Little Boy Spectator (uncredited)
Erville Alderson - Spectator (uncredited)
Oliver Blake - Spectator (uncredited)
Franklyn Farnum - Spectator (uncredited)
Nancy Gates - Spectator
Bob Crosby - Spectator
John Ridgely - Assistant Manager
Lane Chandler - Dave (uncredited)
Edmond O'Brien - Midway Barker at End (uncredited)
Eric Alden - Canvas Man (uncredited)
Noel Neill - Noel (uncredited)
Syd Saylor - Circus Barker (uncredited)
Chuck Hamilton - Ambulance Driver (uncredited)
Daisy Earles - Midget
Luce Potter - Midget
Angelo Rossitto - Dwarf
Antoinette Concello - Antoinette Concello
Tuffy Genders - Tuffy Genders
Kay Wiley -
Lillian O'Malley - Spectator