Freaks (1932)
Freaks is a 1932 American Pre-Code horror film about sideshow performers, directed and produced by Tod Browning and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, with a cast mostly composed of actual carnival performers. The film was based on Tod Robbins' 1923 short fiction story Spurs. Director Browning took the exceptional step of casting real people with deformities as the eponymous sideshow "freaks", rather than using costumes and makeup.
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Cast:
- Roscoe Ates
- Olga Baclanova
- Rose Dione
- Daisy Earles
- Harry Earles
- Johnny Eck
- Edward Brophy and Matt McHugh
- Wallace Ford
- Delmo Fritz
- Elizabeth Green
- Daisy Hilton
- Violet Hilton
- Leila Hyams
- Josephine Joseph
- Koo Koo
- Martha Morris
- Frances O'Connor
- Prince Randian
- Peter Robinson
- Olga Roderick
- Angelo Rossitto
- Schlitzie
- Elvira Snow
- Jenny Lee Snow
- Henry Victor