This made-for-television film chronicles the life of 19th-century American showman P. T. Barnum. Using flashbacks (and flash forwards) the earliest efforts of his career are shown, through the formation of the "Greatest Show on Earth" with his partner Bailey, with many interesting things in between. ...more
Year: 1986 | Running Time: 96 minutes
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- Burt Lancaster - Phineas T. Barnum
- Hanna Schygulla - Jenny Lind
- John Roney - Young Barnum
- Sandor Raski - Young Tom Thumb
- Patty Maloney - Older Tom Thumb
- Laura Press - Charity
- Kirsten Bishop - Nancy
- Lorena Gale - Joyce Heth
- Bronwen Mantel - Queen Victoria
- Michael Higgins - Phineas Taylor
- Deborah Hancock - Caroline
- Andrew Bednarski - Little Phineas
- Joe Cazalet - James Gordon Bennett
- Rob Roy - Horace Greeley
- Lee Philips - Director
- Robert Halmi, Jr. - Executive Producer
- Ira Halberstadt - Producer
- David J. Patterson - Producer
- Michael Norell - Screenwriter
- Claude Pare - Art Director
- George Jay Nicholson - Editor
- Charles Gross - Composer (Music Score)
- William Beeton - Production Designer
- Reginald Morris - Cinematographer
- Andy Siegel - Screen Story











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