The Elephant Man
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The Elephant Man

8
IMDb
🕐 124 min 📅 1980-10-09 PG-13
🌐 EN

A Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man being mistreated by his "owner" as a side-show freak. Behind his monstrous façade, there is revealed a person of great intelligence and sensitivity. Based on the true story of Joseph Merrick (called John Merrick in the film), a severely deformed man in 19th century London.

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Director

David Lynch

Year

1980

Category

Hollywood

Ratings & scores.

IMDb Rating

8 /10

Rotten Tomatoes

80% 🍅

Metacritic

80 /100

Cast & crew.

🎭

Anthony Hopkins

Frederick Treves

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John Hurt

John Merrick

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Anne Bancroft

Mrs Kendal

🎭

John Gielgud

Carr Gomm

🎭

Wendy Hiller

Mothershead

🎭

Freddie Jones

Bytes

🎭

Michael Elphick

Night Porter

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Hannah Gordon

Mrs Treves

Available qualities.

1080p

1.5GB

720p

800MB

Where to watch.

Netflix
Amazon Prime

Box office & stats.

Budget

$5.0M

Worldwide

$26.0M

Runtime

124 min

Release

1980-10-09