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Freaks (1932)

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Can a full grown woman truly love a midget?

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.

Cast & Crew

Director
Tod Browning
  • Profile picture of Harry Earles
    Hans Harry Earles
  • Profile picture of Olga Baclanova
    Cleopatra Olga Baclanova
  • Profile picture of Daisy Earles
    Frieda Daisy Earles
  • Profile picture of Wallace Ford
    Phroso Wallace Ford
  • Profile picture of Leila Hyams
    Venus Leila Hyams
  • Profile picture of Roscoe Ates
    Roscoe Roscoe Ates
  • Profile picture of Angelo Rossitto
    Angeleno Angelo Rossitto
  • Profile picture of Jerry Austin
    Knife-Throwing Dwarf (uncredited) Jerry Austin

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  • bigotry
  • disability
  • sideshow
  • told in flashback
  • speech impediment
  • trapeze artist
  • stutterer
  • deformity
  • conjoined twins
  • freak
  • armless
  • midgets
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  • bareback rider
  • legless man
  • poisoned drink
  • pseudo-hermaphrodite
  • bearded lady
  • microcephalics
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