The Greatest Show on Earth
Movie • 1952 • Action
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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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Does someone die by suicide?
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Is there domestic violence?
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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Does a head get squashed?
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kelseyj610
There is a scene where a circus performer puts her face under the foot of an elephant. During this act, her jealous co-performer threatens to give the command that would have the elephant put his foot down, but he is stopped.
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Is there ableist language or behavior?
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The words "cripple" and "midget" are both used (only once each that I caught)
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Are needles/syringes used?
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An emergency blood transfusion is done.
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
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Does the abused become the abuser?
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Does a woman get slapped?
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Does someone break a bone?
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During a fall, a main character injures their arm. In the trainwreck, one of the characters is seen on-screen and described as having broken her arm.
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Does someone cheat?
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I'm honestly not sure, but there is a lot of weirdly-placed jealousy. I don't know if Charlton Heston and Betty Hutton are necessarily dating when she starts flirting with the new circus performer, but if so it might trigger someone when she starts to show a preference for the new performer. It's also unclear to me whether the duo in the elephant act are actually together or if Lyle just imagines that he and Angel are together.
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Is there a hospital scene?
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Technically no, but makeshift medical procedures are performed.
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Does someone fall to their death?
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There is a fall from the trapeze that ends up severely injuring a character. The character's body is shown hitting the ground. He is conscious and talking afterwards with a trickle of blood from the corner of his mouth. He ends up unable to use his arm.
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Does a car crash?
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There is a graphic trainwreck.
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Not on-screen, but I do think that discerning viewers know that circus animals are usually abused during training, and there are a lot of on-screen animal antics.
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Are there clowns?
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One of the supporting characters always wears his clown makeup. There's at least one scene of him putting on his clown act. There are various other clown-faced characters at other times.
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