The Man Who Laughs (1928)

Directed by Paul Leni · Cinematography by Gilbert Warrenton

110 min55 frames

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When a proud noble refuses to kiss the hand of the despotic King James in 1690, he is cruelly executed and his son surgically disfigured.

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