He Who Gets Slapped

Dec 22 1924 N/A 1h 35m
Drama, Romance, Thriller

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.

Plot

Story of an inventor who, suffering betrayal in life, makes a career of it by becoming a clown whose act consists of getting slapped by all the other clowns. He falls in love with another circus performer, and those who betrayed him enter his life yet again.

Written by

Leonid Andreyev, Carey Wilson, Victor Sjöström

Directed by

Victor Sjöström

Cast

Lon Chaney, Norma Shearer, John Gilbert

Crew

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Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Languages

No Language

Awards

4 wins

Scores
# of Votes
4,556
Average Rating
7.7 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA