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A Blind Bargain
A Blind Bargain

A Blind Bargain

Robert dearly loved Angela, but alas! Too soon they have to part, for shortly he must leave her to fulfill a blind bargain with a mad genius of surgery!

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DramaHorrorMysteryScience Fiction

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Chaney plays two roles: mad scientist Arthur Lamb and Lamb's "experiment", known only as the Ape Man. This hideous creature was the result of Lamb's attempts to transplant animal glands into human beings. A lost film.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

57 mins

Rating

6/10

Release Date

03 December 1922

Country

United States of America

Cast

Lon Chaney

Lon Chaney

Dr. Arthur Lamb / The Ape Man

Raymond McKee

Raymond McKee

Robert Sandell

Jacqueline Logan

Jacqueline Logan

Angela Marshall

Virginia True Boardman

Virginia True Boardman

Mrs. Sandell

Fontaine La Rue

Fontaine La Rue

Mrs. Lamb

Aggie Herring

Aggie Herring

Bessie

Virginia Madison

Virginia Madison

Angela's Mother

Wallace Beery

Wallace Beery

Beast Man (uncredited)

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