Storyline

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!

Plot Keywords

car hit by a train, train, old flame, train crash, police chase, love triangle, fistfight, fugitive, train wreck, marriage proposal, circus performer, blood transfusion, disguise, car accident, falling from height, male female relationship, bare chested male, hidden identity, horse riding, blockbuster

Short Review

Curious it is that, in spite of all the scenes. blaringly, glaringly effective which belong specifically to the sawdust ring, both Mr. de Mille and The Greatest Show on Earth are most themselves in the scene of the railway disaster.

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