Budget: FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Genre: Biography / Drama / History /  more » Awards: Nominated for 8 Oscars. Another 8 wins & 13 nominations  more » User Ratings: 8.4 (51,650 votes)  more »   Also rated #93 in the Top 250 Production Co: FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Distributor: FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Summary: A Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man who is mistreated while scraping a living as a side-show freak. Behind his monstrous facade, there is revealed a person of intelligence and sensitivity.  more »

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Filmmakers: David Lynch - Director / Writer (screenplay), Christopher De Vore - Writer (screenplay), Eric Bergren - Writer (screenplay), Sir Frederick Treves - Writer (book "The Elephant Man and Other Reminiscences"), Ashley Montagu - Writer (book "The Elephant Man: A Study in Human Dignity"), Jonathan Sanger - Producer, Freddie Francis - Cinematographer, John Morris - Composer, Stuart Craig - Production Designer, Anne V. Coates - Editor  more »

Cast overview, first billed only (view more cast)		STARmeter™
	Anthony Hopkins ... Frederick Treves	379
	John Hurt ... John Merrick	621
	Anne Bancroft ... Mrs. Kendal	1,911
	John Gielgud ... Carr Gomm	5,128
	Wendy Hiller ... Mothershead	12,439