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The Unknown

75 %|May 29, 1927|Drama, Romance, Horror

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.

Featured Crew

Tod Browning
Director
Mary Roberts Rinehart
Novel
Merritt B. Gerstad
Director of Photography
Tod Browning
Story
Harry Sharrock
Assistant Director
Paul Desmuke
Stunt Double
Clarence Sinclair Bull
Still Photographer
Lucia Coulter
Wardrobe Supervisor

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Cast

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Joan Crawford
Nanon Zanzi
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Nick De Ruiz
Antonio Zanzi
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Tom Amandares
Gypsy Running to Zanzi's Death Scene (uncredited)
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Margaret Bert
Fortune Teller (uncredited)
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Louise Emmons
Gypsy Woman (uncredited)
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Italia Frandi
Girl in Audience Flirting with Malabar (uncredited)
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Venezia Frandi
Woman in Audience (uncredited)
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Polly Moran
Landlady / Servant in Audience (uncredited)
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Julian Rivero
Man in Theatre Audience (uncredited)
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Billy Seay
The Little Wolf (uncredited)
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Dorothy Seay
Spectator (uncredited)
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John St. Polis
Surgeon (uncredited)