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The Unknown

7.5 68 mins Drama   Romance   Horror   1927
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer  
Director(s): Tod Browning

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.

Casts of The Unknown

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)

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