He Who Gets Slapped

Dec 22, 1924

1h 12m

★ 7.6

Overview

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.

Genres

Drama

Thriller

Romance

Production Companies

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

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Cast

Paul Beaumont

Lon Chaney

Consuelo

Norma Shearer

Bezano

John Gilbert

Marie Beaumont

Ruth King

Baron Regnard

Marc McDermott

Tricaud

Ford Sterling

Count Mancini

Tully Marshall

(uncredited)

Edward Arnold

Zinida (uncredited)

Paulette Duval

Clown (uncredited)

Brandon Hurst

Playing Child (uncredited)

Toby Wing

Spectator at Final Performance (uncredited)

Pierre Watkin

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