Video Description:    A Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man who is mistreated while scraping a living as a side-show freak. Behind his monstrous façade, there is revealed a person of kindness, intelligence and sophistication.
Genre:     Biography
Genre Array:     Biography,Drama
Rated:     8.2
MPAA:     PG
Released:    1980-10-10
Duration:     124 min.
IMDB:    78
IMDB VOTES:    251123
IMDB #:    
REVENUE #:    $
Full Cast Extends:    Anthony Hopkins:Dr. Frederick Treves,John Hurt:John Merrick,Anne Bancroft:Mrs. Kendal,John Gielgud:Carr Gomm,Wendy Hiller:Mothershead,Freddie Jones:Bytes,Michael Elphick:Night Porter,Hannah Gordon:Mrs. Treves,Helen Ryan:Princess Alex,John Standing:Fox,Dexter Fletcher:Bytes` Boy,Lesley Dunlop:Nora,Phoebe Nicholls:Merrick`s Mother,Pat Gorman:Fairground Bobby,Claire Davenport:Fat Lady,Orla Pederson:Skeleton Man,Patsy Smart:Distraught Woman,Frederick Treves:Alderman,Stromboli:Fire Eater,Richard Hunter:Hodges,James Cormack:Pierce,Robert Lewis Bush:Messenger,Roy Evans:Cabman,Joan Rhodes:Cook,Nula Conwell:Nurse Kathleen,Tony London:Young Porter,Alfie Curtis:Milkman,Bernadette Milnes:1st Fighting Woman,Brenda Kempner:2nd Fighting Woman,Carol Harrison:Tart,Hugh Manning:Broadneck,Dennis Burgess:1st Committee Man,Fanny Carby:Mrs. Kendal`s Dresser,William Morgan Sheppard:Man in Pub,Kathleen Byron:Lady Waddington,Gerald Case:Lord Waddington,David Ryall:Man with Whores,Deirdre Costello:1st Whore,Pauline Quirke:2nd Whore,Kenny Baker:Plumed Dwarf,Chris Greener:Giant,Marcus Powell:Midget,Gilda Cohen:Midget,Lesley Scoble:Siamese Twin,Teri Scoble:Siamese Twin,Eiji Kusuhara:Japanese Bleeder,Robert Day:Little Jim,Patricia Hodge:Screaming Mum,Tommy Wright:First Bobby,Peter Davidson:Second Bobby,John Rapley:King in Panto,Hugh Spight:Puss in Panto,Teresa Codling:Princess in Panto,Marion Betzold:Principal Boy,Caroline Haigh:Tree,Florenzio Morgado:Tree,Victor Kravchenko:Lion & Coachman,Beryl Hicks:Fairy,Michele Amas:Horse,Lucie Alford:Horse,Penny Wright:Horse,Janie Kells:Horse,Lydia Lisle:Merrick`s Mother,Leslie Adams:Man in Crowd,Jack Armstrong:Man at Lecture,Frances Baker:Bystander,Eric Bergren:Lyra Box Player #1,Adam Caine:Kid at Train Station,Ina Clare:Woman in Pub,Tony Clarkin:Thug from Pub,Christopher De Vore:Lyra Box Player #2,Harry Fielder:Policeman,Norman Gay:Doctor,Jill Goldston:Nurse,George Holdcroft:Lecture Assistant,Juba Kennerley:Committee Member,Cyril Kent:Pub Patron,David Lynch:Man in Bowler Hat in Mob Chasing Merrick,Ralph G. Morse:Young Aristocrat,Peter Ross-Murray:Drunken Docker,Kevin Schumm:Kid at Train Station #2,Ian Selby:Courtier,Fred Wood:Injured Man

David Lynch

Christopher De Vore

also: Christopher De Vore, Eric Bergren, David Lynch

Mel Brooks,Stuart Cornfeld,Jonathan Sanger,Freddie Francis

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