Movie
Freaks
Overview
A circus' beautiful trapeze artist agrees to marry the leader of side-show performers, but his deformed friends discover she is only marrying him for his inheritance.
Details
- Release date
- 1932-01-01
- Runtime
- 64 min
- Genres
- Drama, Horror
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Harry Earles as Hans
- Olga Baclanova as Cleopatra
- Daisy Earles as Frieda
- Henry Victor as Hercules
- Wallace Ford as Phroso
- Leila Hyams as Venus
- Roscoe Ates as Roscoe
- Angelo Rossitto as Angeleno
- Jerry Austin as Knife-Throwing Dwarf (uncredited)
- Daisy Hilton as Siamese Twin
- Violet Hilton as Siamese Twin
- Schlitzie as Himself
Crew
- Tod Browning - Director
- Willis Goldbeck - Screenplay
- Leon Gordon - Screenplay
- Clarence Aaron 'Tod' Robbins - Story
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