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He Who Gets Slapped
1924
· Movie
· 72 min
B
MEANRANK
79/100
Every rating
73–86
out of 100
Everyone agrees
Lowest is Trakt on 73, highest is Rotten Tomatoes viewers on 86.
See the most agreed on films →A brilliant scientist is publicly humiliated when his wealthy patron steals his research and his wife. Emotionally destroyed, he joins a circus as a clown whose act consists of being repeatedly slapped by other clowns. He hides his pain behind greasepaint and forced laughter, becoming a tragic figure who literally performs his own misery for the amusement of others.
Details
- Director
- Victor Sjöström
- Studio
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Released
- 22 December 1924
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 72 min
- Rated
- NR
- Budget
- $172.0K
- Box office
- $881.0K
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