The Unknown
“Don't miss this startling spectacle!”
1927•NR•1h 8m•7.5•Released
DramaThrillerRomanceHorror
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.
Director
Tod Browning
Writer
Waldemar Young, Joseph Farnham
Budget
$0M
Revenue
$1M
Languages
No Language
Studio
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Cast
Lon Chaney
Alonzo
Norman Kerry
Malabar
Joan Crawford
Nanon Zanzi
Nick De Ruiz
Antonio Zanzi
John George
Cojo
Frank Lanning
Costra
Tom Amandares
Gypsy Running to Zanzi's Death Scene (uncredited)
Margaret Bert
Fortune Teller (uncredited)
Louise Emmons
Gypsy Woman (uncredited)
Italia Frandi
Girl in Audience Flirting with Malabar (uncredited)
Venezia Frandi
Woman in Audience (uncredited)
Polly Moran
Landlady / Servant in Audience (uncredited)
Julian Rivero
Man in Theatre Audience (uncredited)
Billy Seay
The Little Wolf (uncredited)
Dorothy Seay
Spectator (uncredited)
Production
Company
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Producer
Irving Thalberg
Recommended
7.3
The Man Who Laughs
1928
6.8
Untamed Heart
1993
6.3
Not Easily Broken
2009
6.3
Winter's Tale
2014
6.9
Water for Elephants
2011
8.2
Life in a Year
2020
7.3
The Secret: Dare to Dream
2020
6.6
Fallen Angel
1945
6.1
Blind
2017
6.2
Hello, Goodbye, and Everything in Between
2022
6.1
Nine Lives
2005
6.9
Endless Love
2014
7.3
The Magic of Ordinary Days
2005
6.3
Killer's Kiss
1955
6
One from the Heart
1982
6.3
The Yellow Handkerchief
2009
7.4
Love Everlasting
2016
6.3
Supercross
2005
6.4
Love Finds You in Valentine
2016
6.7
Nobody Has to Know
2022
Similar Movies
7.4
Minority Report
2002
7.4
Three Colors: White
1994
8.2
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
1991
6.3
Live by Night
2016
6.6
2 States
2014
7
Three Hours
1927
10
Bodas de Papel
2008
7
The Science of Sleep
2006
7.2
People on Sunday
1930
Young, Fragile
2020
8.3
Léon: The Professional
1994
7.8
Wings of Desire
1987
7.4
Match Point
2005
7.8
To Be or Not to Be
1942
7.2
The Edukators
2004
8
The Wages of Fear
1953
5
Fin Amor
2019
The “Damsel”
2022
The Seagull
2017
7.4
Meet Joe Black
1998