Paul Reubens stars as Pee-wee Herman in his second full-length film about a farmer who joins the circus after a storm drops a big tent in his front yard. Pee-wee, along with an outlandish cast of animals and circus performers, puts on the best show ever.
Unfortunately the movie Big Top Pee-wee is not yet available on HBO Max.
| Sound | Danny Elfman | Music |
| Production | Paul Reubens | Producer |
| Writing | Paul Reubens | Writer |
| Editing | Jeff Gourson | Editor |
| Writing | George McGrath | Writer |
| Directing | Randal Kleiser | Director |
| Production | Debra Hill | Producer |
| Camera | Steven Poster | Director of Photography |
| Costume & Make-Up | Robert Turturice | Costume Design |
| Production | Victoria Thomas | Casting |
| Visual Effects | Richard Edlund | Visual Effects Producer |
| Art | Stephen Marsh | Production Design |
| Production | William E. McEuen | Executive Producer |
| Production | Richard Gilbert Abramson | Executive Producer |
| Crew | Bill Couch | Stunt Coordinator |
| Crew | Gary Morgan | Stunts |
| Crew | Karen Price | Stunts |
| Crew | Bill Couch Jr. | Stunts |
| Crew | Bob Yerkes | Stunts |
| Crew | Alex Plasschaert | Stunts |
| Production | Kurt Neumann | Unit Production Manager |
| Directing | Roger Joseph Pugliese | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Linda Montanti | Second Assistant Director |
| Art | Beala Neel | Art Direction |
| Art | Anne D. McCulley | Set Decoration |
| Art | Stephen Homsy | Set Designer |
| Art | Carl Aldana | Set Designer |
| Art | Kenneth L. Westcott | Leadman |
| Art | Oscar Delgadillo | Leadman |
| Camera | John Koester | Camera Operator |
| Camera | George Kohut | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Alan R. Disler | First Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Bing Sokolsky | First Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Bruce W. Talamon | Still Photographer |
| Sound | Mychal D. Smith | Boom Operator |
| Sound | Kirk Francis | Sound Mixer |
| Lighting | James Plannette | Chief Lighting Technician |
| Lighting | R. Michael De Chellis | Assistant Chief Lighting Technician |
| Lighting | Jack Kirk | Assistant Chief Lighting Technician |
| Lighting | Scott McKnight | Lighting Technician |
| Camera | Hank Sheppherd | Second Company Grip |
| Camera | Paul Threlkeld | Dolly Grip |
| Camera | Joseph Graham | Dolly Grip |
| Camera | Mike Schwake | Dolly Grip |
| Art | Horst Grandt | Property Master |
| Art | Oscar Flores | Assistant Property Master |
| Editing | Dianne Ryder-Rennolds | Additional Editing |
| Editing | Irvin Paik | Assistant Editor |
| Sound | Dick Bernstein | Music Editor |
| Sound | Cecelia Hall | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Sound | Ronald Jacobs | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Sound | R.J. Palmer | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Trevor Jolly | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Sandina Bailo-Lape | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Pamela Bentkowski | Foley Editor |
| Sound | Dessie Markovsky | Supervising ADR Editor |
| Sound | Judee Gustafson | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Sound | Donald O. Mitchell | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Kevin O'Connell | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Rick Kline | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Dan Wallin | Scoring Mixer |
| Sound | William Ross | Conductor |
| Sound | Steve Bartek | Orchestrator |
| Directing | Joyce King | Script Supervisor |
| Crew | Marcy Bolotin | Unit Publicist |
| Crew | Patsy Swayze | Choreographer |
| Production | Renee Milliken | Casting Assistant |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ve Neill | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Edouard F. Henriques | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Yolanda Toussieng | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Greg Cannom | Prosthetic Designer |
| Visual Effects | Matt Sweeney | Special Effects Supervisor |
| Art | George Stokes | Construction Coordinator |
| Art | James F. Orendorff | Construction Foreman |
| Art | Ray Rarick | Construction Foreman |
| Crew | Joel Marrow | Transportation Coordinator |
| Editing | Terry Hager | Color Timer |
