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The Elephant Man

1980, Movie, PG, 125 mins

The Elephant Man: Cast & Details

Year: 1980
Rated PG
Parental Rating: Cautionary; some scenes objectionable
Country Of Origin: U.K.
Running Time: 125
Format: Black & White
Genre(s): Biography; Docudrama
Production Co(s).: Paramount
Released By: Paramount

Award(s)
Academy Award Nominee: Best Picture
Academy Award Nominee: Best Actor - John Hurt
Academy Award Nominee: Best Director - David Lynch
Academy Award Nominee: Best Adapted Screenplay - Christopher DeVore (Screenplay), Eric Bergren (Screenplay), David Lynch (Screenplay)
Academy Award Nominee: Best Art Direction - Set Decoration
Academy Award Nominee: Best Costume Design - Patricia Norris
Academy Award Nominee: Best Film Editing - Anne V. Coates
Academy Award Nominee: Best Original Score - John Morris

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Cast
Anthony Hopkins: Dr. Frederick Treves
John Hurt: John Merrick
Anne Bancroft: Mrs. Kendal
John Gielgud: Carr Gomm
Wendy Hiller: Mothershead
Freddie Jones: Bytes
Michael Elphick: Night Porter
Hannah Gordon: Mrs. Treves
Helen Ryan: Princess Alex
John Standing: Fox
Dexter Fletcher: Bytes' Boy
Lesley Dunlop: Nora
Phoebe Nicholls: Merrick's Mother
Pat Gorman: Fairground Bobby
Claire Davenport: Fat Lady
Orla Pederson: Skeleton Man
Patsy Smart: Distraught Woman
Frederick Treves: Alderman
Stromboli: Fire Eater
Richard Hunter: Hodges
James Cormack: Pierce
Robert Bush: Messenger
Roy Evans: Cabbie
Joan Rhodes: Cook
Nula Conwell: Nurse
Tony London: Porter
Alfie Curtis: Milkman
Bernadette Milnes: Fighting Woman
Brenda Kemper: Fighting Woman
Carole Harrison: Tart
Hugh Manning: Broadneck
Dennis Burgess: 1st Committeeman
Fanny Carby: Mrs. Kendal's Dresser
Morgan Sheppard: Man in Pub
Kathleen Byron: Lady Waddington
Gerald Case: Lord Waddington
David Ryall: Man with Whores
Deidre Costello: Whore
Pauline Quirke: Whore
Kenny Baker: Plumed Dwarf
Chris Greener: Giant
Marcus Powell: Midget
Gilda Cohen: Midget
Lisa Scoble
Teri Scoble: Siamese Twins
Eiji Kusuhara: Japanese Bleeder
Robert Day: Little John
Patricia Hodge: Screaming Woman
Tommy Wright: Bobby
Peter Davidson: Bobby
John Rapley: King in Panto
Hugh Spight: Puss in Panto
Teresa Codling: Princess in Panto
Marion Betzold: Principal Boy
Beryl Hicks: Fairy
Victor Kravchenko: Lion/Coachman
Florenzio Morgado: Tree
Caroline Haigh: Tree

Credits
David Lynch: Director
Eric Bergren: Writer
Christopher DeVore: Writer
David Lynch: Writer - based on The Elephant Man, A Study in Human Dignity by Ashley Montagu and The Elephant Man and Other Reminiscences by Sir Frederick Treves
Ashley Montagu: Source
Sir Frederick Treves: Source
Jonathan Sanger: Producer
Stuart Cornfeld: Exec. Producer
Freddie Francis: Cinematographer - Panavision
Anne V. Coates: Editor
Samuel Barber: Musical Composer
John Morris: Musical Composer
Stuart Craig: Production Designer
Robert Cartwright: Art Director
Hugh Scaife: Set Decorator
Patricia Norris: Costumes
Robin Gregory: Sound
David Lynch: Sound
Alan Splet: Sound