Freaks

Freaks is a 1932 MGM horror movie about circus sideshow performers. It was directed and produced by Tod Browning. The cast is mostly actual traveling carnival performers. The movie was based on Tod Robbins' 1923 story "Spurs". Director Browning cast real people with deformities as the sideshow "freaks," rather than using costumes and makeup.^[1][2] The movie was not popular. In 1994, Freaks was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".

Freaks
Theater poster
Directed by	Tod Browning
Written by	Tod Robbins
Produced by	Tod Browning
Starring	Wallace Ford Leila Hyams Olga Baclanova Roscoe Ates
Cinematography	Merritt B. Gerstad
Edited by	Basil Wrangell
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date	February 20, 1932
Running time	Original cut 90 min. Released cut 64 min.
Country	United States
Languages	English German
Budget	$310,607 (estimated)