He Who Gets Slapped
Dec 22 1924
•1h 12m
•Drama, Thriller, Romance
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.
Cast
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Lon Chaney
Paul Beaumont
Norma Shearer
Consuelo
John Gilbert
Bezano
Ruth King
Marie Beaumont
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