cast
- 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
- Sean Hewitt
- Coley Draper
- Shawn Lawrence
- R.W. Lindsay
- Philip Spensley
- Deacon Cox
- Chris Wiggins
- Olmstead
- John McCorkell
- Heckler Roberts
- Harry Hill
- Mr. Fish
- Richard Dumont
- Hummel
- Rummy Bishop
- Bank Doorman
- Tony Rabinow
- Matthew Scott
- Michael Sinelnikoff
- Lord in Waiting
- Joan Heney
- Mrs. Stratton
- Sam Lemarquand
- Chauncey Jerome
- Thick Wilson
- Museum Passerby
- John Stanzil
- Tap Dancer
crew
- Lee Philips
- Director
- David J. Patterson
- Producer
- Ira Halberstadt
- Producer
- Andy Siegel
- Screen Story
- Michael Norell
- Screenwriter
- Reginald Morris
- Cinematographer
- Charles Gross
- Composer (Music Score)
- George Jay Nicholson
- Editor
- William Beeton
- Production Designer
- Claude Pare
- Art Director
- Robert Halmi, Jr.
- Executive Producer
