Release Date

21 Aug, 1981

Runtime

01:40: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

The true story of a modern-day Elephant Man… and other human oddities.

A tribute to the spirit and humanity of people who are physically different from the average: very tall and very large men and women, a bearded woman and her long-time husband, Siamese twins joined at the midsection, and several little people including actor Billy Barty. We meet some at Gibsonton, Florida, where carnival folk winter. They talk about their lives and accomplishments. The camera also goes on the road to visit a grandfather with a distinctive face, a legless mechanic from Kentucky on a second honeymoon in LA, a marathon runner and motivational speaker who has no feet, a karate student with partial limbs, and an armless, down-to-earth mom in Texas.

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Actors

Christopher Plummer

Billy Barty

Bob Melvin

Sandra Elaine Allen

Jo-Ann Cantilla

Louise Capps

Paul Fishe

Ronnie Galyon

Donnie Galyon

Dolly Reagan

Peter Strudwick

Emmett Bejano

Percilla Bejano

Johann K. Petursson

Crew

Harry Rasky

Mavis Lyons Smull

Harry Rasky

Harold Greenberg

Hideaki Kobayashi

Don Carmody

Paul Zaza

Robert Kline