Paramount Pictures | Release Date: May 1, 1952 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Generally favorable reviews based on 12 Critic Reviews
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The Observer (UK)Philip French
A long, marvellously vulgar tribute to the circus world, the penultimate movie by the septuagenarian veteran, that brought him a sentimental 'best picture' Oscar after 40 years in the business. [05 Feb 2006, p.2]
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A huge, mawkish, trite circus movie directed by Cecil B. De Mille in a neo-Biblical style.