He Who Gets Slapped

Genres

DramaThrillerRomance

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After a baron steals his scientific discoveries, runs away with his wife, and slaps him in public, a man joins a Parisian circus sideshow as a clown whose act consists of being slapped repeatedly and becomes infatuated with a showgirl colleague whose father intends to marry her off to the baron.

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Budget

$172000

Revenue

$881000

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

72 mins

Rating

7.6/10

Release Date

22 December 1924

Country

United States of America

Cast

Lon Chaney

Paul Beaumont

Norma Shearer

Consuelo

John Gilbert

Bezano

Ruth King

Marie Beaumont

Marc McDermott

Baron Regnard

Ford Sterling

Tricaud

Tully Marshall

Count Mancini

Edward Arnold

(uncredited)

Paulette Duval

Zinida (uncredited)

Brandon Hurst

Clown (uncredited)

Toby Wing

Playing Child (uncredited)

Pierre Watkin

Spectator at Final Performance (uncredited)

Bela Lugosi

Extra (uncredited)

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