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