
Based on the true story of Joseph Merrick, a 19th-century Englishman afflicted with a disfiguring congenital disease. With the help of kindly Dr. Frederick Treves, Merrick attempts to regain the dignity he lost after years spent as a side-show freak.
Dexter FletcherBytes' Boy
Plumed Dwarf
Anthony HopkinsFrederick Treves
Gilda CohenMidget
Alfie CurtisMilkmanDirector David Lynch originally tried to do the makeup for the elephant man himself but simply wasn't able to.
Mrs. Kendal:
Why, Mr. Merrick, you're not an elephant man at all.
John Merrick:
Oh no?
Mrs. Kendal:
Oh no... no... you're a Romeo.
Continuity: When Carr Gomm first meets John Merrick, he walks close up to him. In the next shot he is way back from him, then close again.
By Samuel Barber
Played by The London Symphony Orchestra
Conducted by André Previn (as Andre Previn)
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