Directed by Tod Browning   Written by Clarence Aaron 'Tod' Robbins   Willis Goldbeck   Leon Gordon   Al Boasberg   Charles MacArthur   Edgar Allan Woolf   Cast Wallace Ford ... Phroso Leila Hyams ... Venus Olga Baclanova ... Cleopatra Roscoe Ates ... Roscoe (as Rosco Ates) Henry Victor ... Hercules Harry Earles ... Hans Daisy Earles ... Frieda Rose Dione ... Madame Tetrallini Daisy Hilton ... Siamese Twin Violet Hilton ... Siamese Twin Schlitze ... Pin Head Josephine Joseph ... Half Woman-Half Man Johnny Eck ... Half Boy Frances O'Connor ... Armless Girl Peter Robinson ... Human Skeleton Olga Roderick ... Bearded Lady Koo Koo ... By Herself Prince Randian ... The Living Torso (as Rardion) Martha Morris ... Armless Girl Elvira Snow ... Pinhead (as Zip) Jenny Lee Snow ... Pinhead (as Pip) Elizabeth Green ... Bird Girl Angelo Rossitto ... Angeleno Edward Brophy ... Rollo Brother Matt McHugh ... Rollo Brother (as Mat McHugh) Uncredited Cast John Aasen ... Giant Ernie Adams ... Sideshow Patron Demetrius Alexis ... Mr. Rogers Hooper Atchley ... Doctor Jerry Austin ... Knife-Throwing Dwarf Sidney Bracey ... Hans' Butler Mathilde Comont ... Madame Bartet Albert Conti ... M. Duval the Landowner Tiny Doll   Edith ... Crawling Girl Delmo Fritz ... Sword-Swallower Murray Kinnell ... Freakshow Barker Constantine Romanoff ... Man Bringing Frieda's Horse Michael Visaroff ... Jean the Gamekeeper Produced by Tod Browning   Dwain Esper   Harry Rapf   Hildegarde Stadie   Irving Thalberg

Additional Info Premiere: February 20, 1932 DVD Release: August 10, 2004 Blu-ray Release: October 17, 2023 Country: Distributor: The Criterion Collection Websites: Alternate Titles Forbidden Love Nature's Mistakes The Monster Show Production Companies Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (controlled by Loew's Incorporated) Distributors Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)   (1932) (United States) (theatrical) Excelsior Pictures Corp.   (1949) (United States) ("Nature's Mistakes") (re-release) (theatrical) Joseph Brenner Associates (JBA)   (1970) (United States) (re-release) (theatrical) MGM/UA Home Entertainment   (1986) (United States) (VHS) Turner Entertainment   (1998) (United States) (VHS) Warner Home Video   (2005) (United States) (DVD) HBO Max   (2020) (United States) (VOD) (video) Filming Locations Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA   (Studio) Rating Stats Overall Rating 7.8 / 10 Our Rating 7.7 / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users 7.3 / 10 Female Users 6.4 / 10 Site Ranking #2,431 / 21,035 Ratings Breakdown Perfect 7 total ratings Almost Perfect 2 total ratings Average 1 total rating Site Ranking #2,427 The Witcher: Nightmare Of The Wolf (2021) #2,428 American Fiction (2023) #2,429 Howard The Duck (1986) #2,430 Employee Of The Month (2006) #2,431 Freaks (1932) #2,432 Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968) #2,433 Castle Rock: Season 1 (2018) #2,434 The Old Man & The Gun (2018) #2,435 Halloween: Resurrection (2002)