The Unknown(Movie, 1927)

Name: The Unknown
Genre: Drama, Horror, Romance / Love, Thriller
Released: 1927
Duration: T00:50:00
Rating: 3.8

| 50min | Genres: Drama, Horror, Romance / Love, Thriller

Rating: 3.8/5 (with 63 votes)

The Unknown is a 1927 American silent horror film directed by Tod Browning, and starring Lon Chaney as carnival knife thrower "Alonzo the Armless" and Joan Crawford as his beloved carnival girl Nanon. Originally titled Alonzo the Armless, filming took place from February 7 to March 18, 1927 on a $217,000 budget. The film carried the tagline: "A superb mystery thriller, unusual and startling even for a Chaney film. Lon as "The Unknown" eats, drinks, shoots a rifle and dresses with his feet. Don't miss this startling spectacle!" Stills exist showing Chaney made up as Alonzo the Armless. ()

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About The Unknown

A criminal on the run hides in a circus and seeks to possess the daughter of the ringmaster at any cost.

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Production country: United States of America (USA)

Plays in: Madrid

Made by: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Original language: English (EN)

Spoken languages: No Language (XX)

Translated into 12 languages: Bulgarian (BG), German (DE), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Italian (IT), Korean (KO), Dutch (NL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Turkish (TR), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date US: 06/03/1927 (World premiere: 05/29/1927)

Cast: Lon Chaney, Joan Crawford, Norman Kerry, Frank Lanning, John George, John George

Director: Tod Browning

Producer: Irving Thalberg

Screenwriter: Waldemar Young, Tod Browning, Mary Roberts Rinehart

Film Editor: Irving Thalberg

Director of Photography: Merritt B. Gerstad

Production Designer: Cedric Gibbons

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"O Monstro do Circo"

"디 언노운"

Keywords: psychotronic, circus, silent film, armless, love, knife throwing, circus performer

Budget: 217,000 USD

Color: Black & White (B/W)

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The Unknown(Movie, 1927)

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