A high-wire artist, the girlfriend (Betty Hutton) of a circus manager (Charlton Heston), falls for a French... (Learn more)
Starring: Betty Hutton, Cornel Wilde, Charlton Heston (View All)
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Starring: Betty Hutton, Cornel Wilde, Charlton Heston
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. Subplots involve the secret past of Buttons the Clown and the efforts of racketeers to move in on the game concessions. Let the show begin!
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US Release Date
4/30/53
MPAA Rating
Not Rated
Running Time
153 mins.
Locations
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Language
- English
Awards
- Nominated for a Best Director award at the 1952 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Winner of the Best Picture - Drama award at the 1952 Hollywood Foreign Press Association [F Awards.
- Winner of the Best Picture award at the 1952 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Winner of the Best Cinematography - Color award at the 1952 Hollywood Foreign Press Association [F Awards.
- Winner of the Best Director award at the 1952 Hollywood Foreign Press Association [F Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Editing award at the 1952 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Director award at the 1952 Directors Guild of America [Festival/A Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Color Costume Design award at the 1952 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Winner of the Best Story award at the 1952 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
Distributor
- Paramount Home Entertainment
- Paramount Pictures
