Full Credits
51 members

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
28 members
Cecil B. DeMille
Director
Arthur Rosson
Second Unit Director
Edward Salven
Assistant Director
Fredric M. Frank
Screenplay
Theodore St. John
Screenplay
Theodore St. John
Story
Fredric M. Frank
Story
BarrΓ© Lyndon
Screenplay
Frank Cavett
Story
Cecil B. DeMille
Producer
Henry Wilcoxon
Associate Producer
George Barnes
Director of Photography
J. Peverell Marley
Additional Photography
W. Wallace Kelley
Additional Photography
John Cope
Sound Recordist
Harry Lindgren
Sound Recordist
Victor Young
Original Music Composer
Sam Comer
Set Decoration
Walter H. Tyler
Art Direction
Ray Moyer
Set Decoration
Hal Pereira
Art Direction
Dorothy Jeakins
Costume Design
Edith Head
Costume Design
Wally Westmore
Makeup Supervisor
Anne Bauchens
Editor
Polly Burson
Stunts
Jack Gariss
Additional Writing
John Ringling North
Technical Advisor