The Unknown (1927)
Alonzo is de armloze messenwerper bij het circus en wordt verliefd op de mooie Nanon. Nanon is bang voor mensen met armen, dus houdt ze ook van Alonzo. Stiekem heeft Alonzo eigenlijk wel armen (die hij altijd in zijn jas heeft verstopt), dus besluit hij ze te laten amputeren, zodat hij werkelijk met Nanon kan leven.
Regiseur:
Tod Browning
Schrijver:
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 |