The Unknown
1927/05/29 (US) | Drama, Romance, Horror
Don't miss this startling spectacle!
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.
Tod Browning
Director
Waldemar Young
Screenplay
Lead Cast
Lon Chaney
Alonzo
Norman Kerry
Malabar
Joan Crawford
Nanon Zanzi
Nick De Ruiz
Antonio Zanzi
John George
Cojo
Frank Lanning
Costra
No Image
Tom Amandares
Gypsy Running to Zanzi's Death Scene (uncredited)
Budget
$ 217,000
Revenue
$ 0
Status
Released
Production Company
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Crews
Merritt B. Gerstad
Director of Photography
Mary Roberts Rinehart
Novel
Tod Browning
Story
Harry Sharrock
Assistant Director
Clarence Sinclair Bull
Still Photographer
Sam Feinberg
Musician
Lucia Coulter
Wardrobe Supervisor