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The Unknown

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Movie
1927
1h 8m
English
Drama, Romance, Horror
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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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The Unknown (1927) on IMDb
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95

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Cast

Full Cast & Crew
Lon Chaney
Norman Kerry
Joan Crawford
Nanon Zanzi
Nick De Ruiz
Antonio Zanzi
John George
Frank Lanning
Margaret Bert
Fortune Teller (uncredited)
Louise Emmons
Gypsy Woman (uncredited)
Italia Frandi
Girl in Audience Flirting with Mala...
Venezia Frandi
Woman in Audience (uncredited)
Polly Moran
Landlady / Servant in Audience (unc...
Julian Rivero
Man in Theatre Audience (uncredited...
Billy Seay
The Little Wolf (uncredited)
Dorothy Seay
Spectator (uncredited)
John St Polis
Surgeon (uncredited)
Directed By: Tod Browning
Written By: Tod Browning (Story), Joseph Farnham, + 2 more

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treehousemouse says...
12 months ago
circus core w/ comedy body mods
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juliosoft says...
3 years ago
How good was Lon Chaney and how young was Joan Crawford
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soonertbone says...
2 years ago
Strange and grotesque--you can see how this definitely leads to "Freaks" a few years later. This movie felt very slight, as it really just has the one idea: what if the guy with no arms....had ARMS?? It tries to hang a narrative on that idea and mostly succeeds, but it's really an act of contortion that gets us to the final climax involving two horses on treadmills. It's fun, but pretty bizarre.
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CinemaSerf
2 months ago
Joan Crawford is the dazzling "Manon", daughter of a circus owner and keenly sought by strongman "Malabar" (Norman Kerry) and the newly arrived arm-less knife thrower "Alonzo" (Lon Chaney). It's the latter man who has a bit of a secret though, and as the story progresses we realise that he's a crimi More
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