He Who Gets Slapped (1924)
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.
- Released
- 1924-12-22
- Genres
- Drama, Thriller, Romance
- Runtime
- 72 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Victor Sjöström
- TMDB rating
- 7.5/10 from 114 votes
Cast
- Lon Chaney as Paul Beaumont
- Norma Shearer as Consuelo
- John Gilbert as Bezano
- Ruth King as Marie Beaumont
- Marc McDermott as Baron Regnard
- Ford Sterling as Tricaud
- Tully Marshall as Count Mancini
- Edward Arnold as (uncredited)
- Paulette Duval as Zinida (uncredited)
- Brandon Hurst as Clown (uncredited)
- Toby Wing as Playing Child (uncredited)
- Pierre Watkin as Spectator at Final Performance (uncredited)