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A Blind Bargain
“Robert dearly loved Angela, but alas! Too soon they have to part, for shortly he must leave her to fulfill a blind bargain with a mad genius of surgery!”
8.0 / 10• 1922• 57m•NR• English
DramaHorrorMysteryScience Fiction
Storyline
Chaney plays two roles: mad scientist Arthur Lamb and Lamb's "experiment", known only as the Ape Man. This hideous creature was the result of Lamb's attempts to transplant animal glands into human beings. A lost film.
Cast & Crew
Lon Chaney
Dr. Arthur Lamb / The Ape Man
Lead
Raymond McKee
Robert Sandell
Jacqueline Logan
Angela Marshall
Virginia True Boardman
Mrs. Sandell
Fontaine La Rue
Mrs. Lamb
Aggie Herring
Bessie
VM
Virginia Madison
Angela's Mother
Wallace Beery
Beast Man (uncredited)
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Wallace Worsley's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. A Blind Bargain is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
