The Greatest Show on Earth
Johnny Slate successfully manages his circus as it moves from town to town.
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Cast
Seasons
- Ep 1
1.Lion on Fire
17-09-1963 - Ep 2
2.Silent Love, Secret Love
24-09-1963 - Ep 3
3.No Middle Ground for Harry Kyle
01-10-1963 - Ep 4
4.Don't Look Down, Don't Look Back
08-10-1963 - Ep 5
5.Garve
15-10-1963 - Ep 6
6.The Loser
22-10-1963 - Ep 7
7.Uncaged
29-10-1963A circus aerialist is charged with robbery and murder.
- Ep 8
8.The Circus Never Came to Town
05-11-1963Mentally retarded Willie Simple still harbors his childlike daydream of becoming a clown. Slate takes pity on him, giving the boy a job although he has been warned that he might ca...
- Ep 9
9.An Echo of Faded Velvet
12-11-1963 - Ep 10
10.The Hanging Man
19-11-1963 - Ep 11
11.Leaves in the Wind
26-11-1963 - Ep 12
12.The Wrecker
03-12-1963 - Ep 13
13.Lady in Limbo
10-12-1963Johnny Slate (Jack Palance) is trying to decide which act to send to Russia for a cultural exchange program with the Moscow Circus. Horse trainer Kate Reynolds (Lucille Ball) wants...
- Ep 14
14.A Black Dress for Gina
17-12-1963 - Ep 15
15.Where the Wire Ends
07-01-1964 - Ep 16
16.Corsicans Don't Cry
14-01-1964 - Ep 17
17.Big Man from Nairobi
21-01-1964 - Ep 18
18.The Show Must Go On-- to Orange City
28-01-1964 
19.A Place to Belong
11-02-1964- Ep 20
20.Man in a Hole
18-02-1964 - Ep 21
21.Clancy
25-02-1964 - Ep 22
22.The Last of the Strongmen
03-03-1964 - Ep 23
23.The Night the Monkey Died
10-03-1964 - Ep 24
24.Of Blood, Sawdust, and a Bucket of Tears
17-03-1964 - Ep 25
25.Rosetta
24-03-1964 - Ep 26
26.The Glorious Days of the Used to Be
31-03-1964 - Ep 27
27.Love the Giver
07-04-1964 - Ep 28
28.This Train Don't Stop Till It Gets There
14-04-1964 - Ep 29
29.There Are No Problems, Only Opportunities
21-04-1964 - Ep 30
30.You're All Right, Ivy
28-04-1964Joan Blondell, Buster Keaton and Joe E. Brown portray a trio of veteran performers, now reduced to handling menial chores around the circus. Slate's most pressing problem, however,...
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