Lon Chaney stars as a murderous and armless circus performer in THE UNKNOWN, one of the great silent horror star's best films, which also features a fine performance by a young Joan Crawford, and is directed by Tod Browning (DRACULA, FREAKS) with his customarily stylish sense of the
macabre.
A traveling gypsy circus features such performers as strong-man Malabar the Mighty (Norman Kerry) and Alonzo the Armless (Lon Chaney), who uses his feet to throw knives and shoots guns at the outline of his beautiful young assistant Nanon (Joan Crawford), who's the daughter of the circus owner
Antonio Zanzi (Nick De Ruiz). Alonzo, who actually has arms but is on the run fro...
Released:
1927
Rated:
NR
Length:
50 mins