Directed by Cecil B. DeMilleStarring Charlton Heston, Betty Hutton, Cornel Wilde, Dorothy Lamour, Gloria Grahame, Henry Wilcoxon, Lyle Bettger, Lawrence Tierney, John Kellogg, John Ridgley, Frank Wilcox, Robert Carson, Lillian Albertson, Julia Faye, James Stewart, Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, Edmond O'Brien, and a lot of circus performers
The Greatest Show on Earth is the worst Best Picture winner of the 1950s (a decade with several I don't care for), and one of the worst of all time. It's basically an excuse to show a whole bunch of circus acts, with some ridiculous plot wrapped around it. It's really a shame that fine actors like Charlton Heston and James Stewart were attached to this schlock. There is absolutely no reason to see this movie unless you are trying to see all the Best Picture winners. Even then, I can't see anyone blaming you for missing it. How this won the top award over anything, let alone classics like High Noon, Singin' in the Rain and The Quiet Man, will never cease to amaze me.
Other nominees: High Noon (Fred Zinnemann), Ivanhoe (Richard Thorpe), Moulin Rouge (John Huston), and The Quiet Man (John Ford)
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