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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!"

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.

Top Cast

  • Lon Chaney

    Lon Chaney

    Dr. Arthur Lamb / The Ape Man

  • Raymond McKee

    Raymond McKee

    Robert Sandell

  • Jacqueline Logan

    Jacqueline Logan

    Angela Marshall

  • Virginia True Boardman

    Virginia True Boardman

    Mrs. Sandell

  • Fontaine La Rue

    Fontaine La Rue

    Mrs. Lamb

  • Aggie Herring

    Aggie Herring

    Bessie

  • Virginia Madison

    Virginia Madison

    Angela's Mother

  • Wallace Beery

    Wallace Beery

    Beast Man (uncredited)

Overview

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.

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