Freaks
“Can a full grown woman truly love a midget?”
1932·1h 4m·en·NR
7.8
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.
Where to Watch (US)
Details
- Director
- Tod Browning
- Written by
- Willis Goldbeck, Leon Gordon, Clarence Aaron 'Tod' Robbins
- Produced by
- Tod Browning, Irving Thalberg
- Studio
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Released January 1, 1932·United States·$310,607 budget
Cast
Harry Earles
Hans
Olga Baclanova
Cleopatra
Daisy Earles
Frieda
Henry Victor
Hercules
Wallace Ford
Phroso
Leila Hyams
Venus
Roscoe Ates
Roscoe
Angelo Rossitto
Angeleno
Jerry Austin
Knife-Throwing Dwarf (uncredited)
Daisy Hilton
Siamese Twin
Violet Hilton
Siamese Twin
No photo
Schlitzie
Himself
Josephine Joseph
Half Woman-Half Man
Johnny Eck
Half Boy
Frances O'Connor
Armless Girl
No photo
Peter Robinson
Human Skeleton
Keywords
dwarfinfidelityattempted murderclownbeautycarnivalrevengemurderromanceblack and whitenewlywedpre-codebigotrydisabilitysideshowtold in flashbackspeech impedimenttrapeze artiststuttererdeformityconjoined twinsfreakarmlessmidgetsmidgetbareback riderpoisoned drinkpseudo-hermaphroditebearded ladymicrocephalicshuman skeletonprovocative
Links
Trailer
Podcasts
The Evolution of Horror — Mind & Body Pt 3: The Cabinet of Dr Caligari (1920) & Freaks (1932)
