Lo sconosciuto (1927)
Alonzo, un ladro inseguito dalla polizia, si rifugia in un circo spagnolo e si finge senza braccia per sviare i sospetti. Qui incontra Nanon una ragazza che non sopporta di essere abbracciata dagli uomini e se ne innamora. Per essere accettato da colei che ama obbliga un chirurgo a tagliargli le braccia. Ma quando torna al circo dopo l'operazione, scopre che Nanon si è fidanzata con un altro.
Direttore:
Tod Browning
Scrittore:
Waldemar Young
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Lon Chaney as Alonzo |
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Norman Kerry as Malabar |
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Joan Crawford as Nanon Zanzi |
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Nick De Ruiz as Antonio Zanzi |
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John George as Cojo |
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Frank Lanning as Costra |
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Tom Amandares as Gypsy Running to Zanzi's Death Scene (uncredited) |
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Margaret Bert as Fortune Teller (uncredited) |
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Louise Emmons as Gypsy Woman (uncredited) |
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Italia Frandi as Girl in Audience Flirting with Malabar (uncredited) |
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Venezia Frandi as Woman in Audience (uncredited) |
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Polly Moran as Landlady / Servant in Audience (uncredited) |
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Julian Rivero as Man in Theatre Audience (uncredited) |
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Billy Seay as The Little Wolf (uncredited) |
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Dorothy Seay as Spectator (uncredited) |
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John St. Polis as Surgeon (uncredited) |
| Directing | Tod Browning | Director |
| Camera | Merritt B. Gerstad | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Tod Browning | Story |
| Directing | Harry Sharrock | Assistant Director |
| Crew | Paul Desmuke | Stunt Double |
| Camera | Clarence Sinclair Bull | Still Photographer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Lucia Coulter | Wardrobe Supervisor |
| Sound | Jack Feinberg | Musician |
| Sound | Sam Feinberg | Musician |
| Editing | Harry Reynolds | Editor |
| Editing | Errol Taggart | Editor |
| Crew | Joseph Farnham | Title Graphics |
| Writing | Waldemar Young | Screenplay |
| Writing | Joseph Farnham | Writer |
| Art | Cedric Gibbons | Art Direction |
| Art | Richard Day | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Lucia Coulter | Costume Design |
| Production | Irving Thalberg | Producer |