The Unknown

The Unknown (1927)

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  • Genre: Drama, Romance, Horror
  • Release Date: 1927-05-29
  • User Rating: 7.5/10 from 182 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 8min
  • Language: No Language
  • Production Company: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Tod Browning
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Summary

On the lam, criminal Alonzo hides in the circus as The Armless Wonder – a performer who uses his feet to hurl knives. Alonzo keeps the arms he really has concealed to hide his identity. Meanwhile, ringmaster's daughter Nanon has a phobia of being touched by men, but is romantically pursued by not only Alonzo but the strongman Malabar. Alonzo's desperation to remain with Nanon will only end in tragedy.

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  • Lon Chaney

    as Alonzo
  • Norman Kerry

    as Malabar
  • Joan Crawford

    as Nanon Zanzi
  • Nick De Ruiz

    as Antonio Zanzi
  • John George

    as Cojo
  • Frank Lanning

    as Costra
  • Tom Amandares

    as Gypsy Running to Zanzi's Death Scene (uncredited)
  • Margaret Bert

    as Fortune Teller (uncredited)
  • Louise Emmons

    as Gypsy Woman (uncredited)
  • Italia Frandi

    as Girl in Audience Flirting with Malabar (uncredited)
  • Venezia Frandi

    as Woman in Audience (uncredited)
  • Polly Moran

    as Landlady / Servant in Audience (uncredited)
  • Julian Rivero

    as Man in Theatre Audience (uncredited)
  • Billy Seay

    as The Little Wolf (uncredited)
  • Dorothy Seay

    as Spectator (uncredited)
  • John St. Polis

    as Surgeon (uncredited)
Directing Tod Browning Director
Writing Mary Roberts Rinehart Novel
Camera Merritt B. Gerstad Director of Photography
Writing Tod Browning Story
Directing Harry Sharrock Assistant Director
Crew Paul Desmuke Stunt Double
Camera Clarence Sinclair Bull Still Photographer
Costume & Make-Up Lucia Coulter Wardrobe Supervisor
Sound Jack Feinberg Musician
Sound Sam Feinberg Musician
Editing Harry Reynolds Editor
Editing Errol Taggart Editor
Crew Joseph Farnham Title Graphics
Writing Waldemar Young Screenplay
Writing Joseph Farnham Writer
Art Cedric Gibbons Art Direction
Art Richard Day Art Direction
Costume & Make-Up Lucia Coulter Costume Design
Production Irving Thalberg Producer

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