He Who Gets Slapped (1924)

He Who Gets Slapped (1924)

1924-12-22 United States of America 72 Min. PG-13
7.7 90 votes

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.

Cast

Lon Chaney is Paul Beaumont
Paul Beaumont
Norma Shearer is Consuelo
John Gilbert is Bezano
Ruth King is Marie Beaumont
Marie Beaumont
Marc McDermott is Baron Regnard
Baron Regnard
Ford Sterling is Tricaud
Tully Marshall is Count Mancini
Count Mancini
Edward Arnold is (uncredited)
(uncredited)
Paulette Duval is Zinida (uncredited)
Zinida (uncredited)
Brandon Hurst is Clown (uncredited)
Clown (uncredited)
Toby Wing is Playing Child (uncredited)
Playing Child (uncredited)
Pierre Watkin is Spectator at Final Performance (uncredited)
Spectator at Final Performance (uncredited)