He Who Gets Slapped

7.6 / 10

(98 votes)

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.

Country:

United States of America

Genre:

Drama,

Thriller,

Romance

Duration:

72 minutes

Year:

1924

Director:

Victor Sjöström

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Company:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Budget:

$172,000

Revenue:

$881,000

Cast:
Lon Chaney

Paul Beaumont

Norma Shearer

Consuelo

John Gilbert

Bezano

Ruth King

Marie Beaumont

Marc McDermott

Baron Regnard

Crew:
Milton Moore

Director of Photography

Cedric Gibbons

Settings

Victor Sjöström

Director

Victor Sjöström

Producer

Hugh Wynn

Editor