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Freaks( 1932)

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Can a full grown woman truly love a midget?

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.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Harry Earles

      Hans

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      Olga Baclanova

      Cleopatra

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      Daisy Earles

      Frieda

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      Henry Victor

      Hercules

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      Wallace Ford

      Phroso

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      Leila Hyams

      Venus

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      Roscoe Ates

      Roscoe

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      Angelo Rossitto

      Angeleno

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      Jerry Austin

      Knife-Throwing Dwarf (uncredited)

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      Daisy Hilton

      Siamese Twin

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      Violet Hilton

      Siamese Twin

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      Schlitzie

      Himself

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      Josephine Joseph

      Half Woman-Half Man

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      Johnny Eck

      Half Boy

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      Frances O'Connor

      Armless Girl

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      Peter Robinson

      Human Skeleton

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      Olga Roderick

      Bearded Lady

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      Koo Koo

      Herself

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      Prince Randian

      The Living Torso

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      Martha Morris

      Armless Girl

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      Elvira Snow

      Pinhead

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      Jenny Lee Snow

      Pinhead

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      Elizabeth Green

      Bird Girl

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      Edward Brophy

      Rollo Brother

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      Matt McHugh

      Rollo Brother

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      Rose Dione

      Madame Tetrallini

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      John Aasen

      Giant (uncredited)

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      Ernie Adams

      Sideshow Patron (uncredited)

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      Demetrius Alexis

      Mr. Rogers (uncredited)

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      Hooper Atchley

      Doctoer (uncredited)

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      Sidney Bracey

      Hans' Butler (uncredited)

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      Mathilde Comont

      Madame Bartet (uncredited)

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      Albert Conti

      Landowner (uncredited)

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      Tiny Doll

      (uncredited)

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      Edith

      Crawling Girl (uncredited)

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      Delmo Fritz

      Sword-Swallower (uncredited)

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      Murray Kinnell

      Freakshow Barker (uncredited)

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      Constantine Romanoff

      Man bringing Friedas Horse (uncredited)

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      Michael Visaroff

      Jean (uncredited)

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    Review 2Discussion

    A review by John Chard

    9
    Written by John Chard on Sat Apr 26 2014
    This is for the misfits the freaks and the runts. Tod Browning's Freaks is as infamous today as it was back in the 30s when it shook film watchers to the core. Of course time has diluted some of its impact, you can imagine that a modern day horror fan drooling over torture porn et al being completely bemused by the reputation afforded Freaks. Yet it still remains a unique and nightmarish piece of film making, the sort of picture that if someone like David Lynch had made it in the modern era it would be heralded as a masterpiece of daring and genius like artistry. Browning pulls us the vie...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    310607.00

    Revenue

    -

    Keywords

    • infidelity
    • dwarf
    • attempted murder
    • clown
    • beauty
    • carnival
    • revenge
    • murder
    • newlywed
    • pre-code
    • bigotry
    • disability
    • sideshow
    • told in flashback
    • speech impediment
    • trapeze artist
    • stutterer
    • deformity
    • conjoined twins
    • freak
    • armless
    • midgets
    • midget
    • bareback rider
    • legless man
    • poisoned drink
    • pseudo-hermaphrodite
    • bearded lady
    • microcephalics
    • human skeleton