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The Greatest Show on Earth
UNITED STATES · 1952

The Greatest Show on Earth

Cecil B. DeMille
circus performance professional rivalry romantic tension competitive ambition
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Synopsis

To ensure a full profitable season, circus manager Brad Braden engages The Great Sebastian, though this moves his girlfriend Holly from her hard-won center trapeze spot. Holly and Sebastian begin a dangerous one-upmanship duel in the ring, while he pursues her on the ground.

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