The Unknown

About The Unknown

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.

The Unknown is a 1927 horror romance film directed by Tod Browning. Lon Chaney stars as Alonzo, Norman Kerry as Malabar, Joan Crawford as Nanon Zanzi, and Nick De Ruiz as Antonio Zanzi.

Released in May 1927, it runs 68 minutes. Written by Joseph Farnham and Waldemar Young.

Shelv files it under circus, psychotronic, horror romance, and carny. American members can watch it on Bloodstream. It scores 7.5 out of 10 from 220 TMDB voters and it carries a NR rating.

City Lights, Nosferatu, and The Gold Rush make useful companions to The Unknown, all filed under black and white, love, and romantic.