Freaks (1932) Horror Drama

Rated Not Rated | Genres Horror, Drama | Runtime 1h 04m
Freaks (1932) Horror Drama Poster

Freaks Plot Synopsis:

Circus trapeze artist Cleopatra takes an interest in Hans, a midget who works in the circus sideshow, but she is only interested in the money he will be inheriting; she's involved in an affair with another circus performer, Hercules. Hans's fiancée does her best to convince him that he is being used but to no avail. At their wedding party, a drunken Cleopatra tells the sideshow freaks just what she thinks of them. Together, the freaks decide to make her one of their own.


Synopsis / Plot Summary: 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.

Tagline: Can a full grown woman truly love a MIDGET ?

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Official Trailer

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Freaks Movie Information:

Type: Movie
Year: 1932 (more 1932 movies)
MPAA Rating: Not Rated
Runtime: 64 minutes /
Genres:  Horror, Drama
Directors: Tod Browning
Stars: Wallace Ford, Leila Hyams, Olga Baclanova, Roscoe Ates, Henry Victor … (cast list)
Awards: 2

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Language: English, German, French
Country: United States
Writers: Clarence Aaron 'Tod' Robbins, Willis Goldbeck, Leon Gordon, Al Boasberg, Charles MacArthur, Edgar Allan Woolf
Producers: Tod Browning, Dwain Esper, Harry Rapf, Hildegarde Stadie, Irving Thalberg
Editors: Basil Wrangell
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