He Who Gets Slapped

1924 · directed by Victor Sjöström

Rating
76/100
Hit
no

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.

He Who Gets Slapped (1924), directed by Victor Sjöström, rates 76/100. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.

Cast

  • Lon Chaney
  • Norma Shearer
  • John Gilbert
  • Ruth King
  • Marc McDermott
  • Ford Sterling
  • Tully Marshall
  • Edward Arnold
  • Paulette Duval
  • Brandon Hurst

Crew

  • Milton Moore — Director of Photography
  • Hugh Wynn — Editor

More from Victor Sjöström

  1. The Phantom Carriage (1921) — 87/100 · hit
  2. The Wind (1928) — 86/100 · hit
  3. The Outlaw and His Wife (1918) — 83/100 · hit
  4. A Man There Was (1917) — 72/100
  5. Ingeborg Holm (1913) — 69/100

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