He Who Gets Slapped

Name: He Who Gets Slapped
Director: Victor Sjöström
Genre: Drama, Thriller, Romance
Released: 1924-12-22
Duration: 72 min
Cast: Lon Chaney, Norma Shearer, John Gilbert, Ruth King, Marc McDermott

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1924 · 72 min · NR · Drama · Thriller · Romance · TMDB 7.6/10

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.

Directed by Victor Sjöström

Cast

Lon Chaney — Paul Beaumont
Norma Shearer — Consuelo
John Gilbert — Bezano
Ruth King — Marie Beaumont
Marc McDermott — Baron Regnard