AKA Forbidden Love. Nature's Mistakes.
"we except her, one of us."
A carnival barker draws a crowd to his freakshow by relating the story of a freak called the Feathered Hen. We flashback to Cleopatra (Olga Baclanova), a trapeze artist, who is adored by Hans (Harry Earles) a midget. Friends warn Him that she is only interested in him for his money. Unknown to Hans Cleopatra is having an affair with Hercules (Henry Victor), and the pair plan to get the little guys money by marriage. Cleopatra duely marries Hans, but during the wedding reception, Cleopatra openly flirts with Hercules, and mocks the other freaks present. until they decide they have had enough and exact a high price from Cleopatra for her high handed attitude to them...
Banned at the time by many countries and some states in the US, for using real freaks within the cast. This is one of the classic 30's horrors, with an ending that you will never forget.
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