News:
• The Worst Best Picture Academy Award Winners
More News >>

Summary:
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, Rovi... Full Summary >>

Great Film Moments:
View All Great Film Moments >>

Video News:

Cast:
Betty Hutton - (Holly)
Cornel Wilde - (Sebastian)
Charlton Heston - (Brad Braden)
Dorothy Lamour - (Phyllis)
Gloria Grahame - (Angel)
All Cast & Crew >>


Review:
The Greatest Show on Earth is often ridiculed as the worst Oscar-winning Best Picture of all time, but that is unfair -- Cimarron and Cavalcade are both a considerable chore to sit through, and The Greatest Show on Earth is at least watchable trash. As is often the case when a questionable Best Picture winner is announced, external circ... Continue >>

Related Movies:
1986 Barnum
1985 Uramisten
1978 The Great Wallendas
More Related Movies >>

Browse More Movies:
# A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z