Freaks (1932)
The love story of a siren, a giant, and a dwarf!
Genre : Drama, Horror
Runtime : 1H 2M
Director : Tod Browning
Writer : Willis Goldbeck, Leon Gordon
Synopsis
A circus' beautiful trapeze artist agrees to marry the leader of side-show performers, but his deformed friends discover she is only marrying him for his inheritance.
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In 1920s Chicago, Italian immigrant and notorious thug, Antonio "Tony" Camonte, shoots his way to the top of the mobs while trying to protect his sister from the criminal life.
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