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
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
Schlitzie
Himself
Josephine Joseph
Half Woman-Half Man
Johnny Eck
Half Boy
Frances O'Connor
Armless Girl
Peter Robinson
Human Skeleton
Olga Roderick
Bearded Lady
Koo Koo
Herself
Prince Randian
The Living Torso
Martha Morris
Armless Girl
Elvira Snow
Pinhead
Jenny Lee Snow
Pinhead
Elizabeth Green
Bird Girl
Edward Brophy
Rollo Brother
Matt McHugh
Rollo Brother
Rose Dione
Madame Tetrallini
John Aasen
Giant (uncredited)
Ernie Adams
Sideshow Patron (uncredited)
Demetrius Alexis
Mr. Rogers (uncredited)
Hooper Atchley
Doctoer (uncredited)
Sidney Bracey
Hans' Butler (uncredited)
Mathilde Comont
Madame Bartet (uncredited)
Albert Conti
Landowner (uncredited)
Tiny Doll
(uncredited)
Edith
Crawling Girl (uncredited)
Delmo Fritz
Sword-Swallower (uncredited)
Murray Kinnell
Freakshow Barker (uncredited)
Constantine Romanoff
Man bringing Friedas Horse (uncredited)
Michael Visaroff
Jean (uncredited)
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- Release Date 01/01/1932
- Language English
- Director Tod Browning
- Editor Basil Wrangell
- Cinematographer Merritt B. Gerstad
- Producers Tod Browning, Irving Thalberg
- Company Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Budget $310,607
| Country | Date | Format | Certification |
|---|---|---|---|
| AT | Jan 1, 1932 | Theatrical | 16 |
| BE | Jan 1, 1932 | Theatrical (Limited) | 16 |
| United States | Feb 12, 1932 | Theatrical (Limited) (Los Angeles, California) | NR |
| AR | Feb 20, 1932 | Theatrical | — |
| United States | Feb 20, 1932 | Theatrical | NR |
| France | Oct 7, 1932 | Theatrical | 18 |
| Spain | Jan 10, 1933 | Theatrical (Limited) (Madrid) | — |
| PT | May 16, 1933 | Theatrical | M/12 |
| SI | Oct 24, 1933 | Theatrical | — |
| UY | Jul 10, 1934 | Theatrical | — |
| Italy | Sep 7, 1962 | Theatrical (Limited) (Venice Film Festival) | — |
| Germany | Oct 5, 1969 | TV | 16 |
| DK | Jun 28, 1972 | Theatrical | — |
| Italy | Sep 30, 1982 | TV | — |
| FI | Dec 28, 1995 | TV | — |
| Japan | Aug 9, 1996 | Theatrical (re-release) | — |
| Spain | Jul 18, 1997 | Theatrical (Limited) (subtitled version) | — |
| FI | Aug 8, 1997 | Theatrical (Limited) (Helsinki) | — |
| United Kingdom | Sep 27, 2002 | Theatrical (re-release) | 12 |
| Russia | Jun 26, 2003 | Theatrical (Limited) (Moscow Film Festival) | — |
| France | Sep 24, 2003 | Theatrical (re-release) | U |
| Japan | Nov 5, 2005 | Theatrical (re-release) | — |
| GR | Nov 8, 2005 | Physical (DVD premiere) | K-15 |
| United Kingdom | Jun 19, 2006 | Physical (DVD. Film banned in UK on initial release.) | 12 |
| GR | Oct 16, 2007 | Theatrical (Limited) (Panorama of European Cinema) | K-15 |
| Spain | Mar 23, 2015 | Theatrical (Limited) (Madrid/re-release/subtitled version) | — |
| France | Nov 23, 2016 | Theatrical (re-release/restored version) | U |
- 1930s 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
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