Sous le plus grand chapiteau du monde (1952)
The Greatest Show on Earth
Réalisateur : Cecil B. DeMille
Scénaristes : Fredric M. Frank, Theodore St. John, Theodore St. John, Fredric M. Frank, Barré Lyndon, Frank Cavett
149 minutes
Status : Released
Budget : 4 000 000 $
Langues : English, Pусский
Pays : United States of America
Société de production : Paramount Pictures
Synopsis
Afin d'équilibrer l'important budget de son cirque gigantesque, Brad Braden engage un trapéziste de renom, le grand Sebastian. Holly, une des artistes de la troupe, qui rêve de devenir la grande vedette du spectacle, doit lui céder sa place sur la piste centrale. Les deux acrobates, qui se produisent en même temps sur deux pistes différentes, rivalisent d'audace tous les soirs pour attirer l'attention du public, allant jusqu'à mettre leur vie en danger. Alors que Holly se laisse tout doucement gagner par l'amour qu'elle éprouve contre son gré pour Sebastian, celui-ci coupe un soir les filets de sécurité et effectue un double saut périlleux...
- 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
