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Freaks

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Freaks

"Can a full grown woman truly love a midget?"

1932

1h 4m

7.8(1334 votes)

Drama

Horror

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.

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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Harry Earles

Harry Earles

Hans

Olga Baclanova

Olga Baclanova

Cleopatra

Daisy Earles

Daisy Earles

Frieda

Henry Victor

Henry Victor

Hercules

Wallace Ford

Wallace Ford

Phroso

Leila Hyams

Leila Hyams

Venus

Roscoe Ates

Roscoe Ates

Roscoe

Angelo Rossitto

Angelo Rossitto

Angeleno

Jerry Austin

Jerry Austin

Knife-Throwing Dwarf (uncredited)

Daisy Hilton

Daisy Hilton

Siamese Twin

Creative team

Directed by: Tod Browning
Written by: Willis Goldbeck
Leon Gordon
Produced by: Tod Browning
Irving Thalberg

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