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  1. The Unknown is a 1927 American silent horror film directed by Tod Browning, and starring Lon Chaney as carnival knife thrower "Alonzo the Armless" and Joan Crawford as his beloved carnival girl Nanon.

  2. The Unknown: Directed by Tod Browning. With Lon Chaney, Norman Kerry, Joan Crawford, Nick De Ruiz. A criminal on the run hides in a circus and seeks to possess the daughter of the ringmaster at any cost.

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    • Drama, Horror, Romance
    • Tod Browning
    • 1927-06-04
  3. The Unknown. The most celebrated and exquisitely perverse of the many collaborations between Tod Browning and his legendary leading man Lon Chaney, The Unknown features a wrenchingly physical performance from “the Man of a Thousand Faces” as the armless Spanish knife thrower Alonzo (he flings daggers with his feet) whose dastardly ...

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  4. THE UNKNOWN (1927) - Chaney plays Alonzo the Armless, who makes his living in the circus by throwing knives with his feet, because allegedly has no arms. His assistant Nanon Zanzi (Joan Crawford in an early role), fearful of the touch of any man's hand, falls in love with him.

    • Tod Browning
    • Lon Chaney
  5. Novel. Waldemar Young. Screenplay. Joseph Farnham. Writer. A criminal on the run hides in a circus and seeks to possess the daughter of the ringmaster at any cost.

  6. joancrawfordbest.com › filmsunknownThe Unknown

    The Unknown (1927) is likely the best-known among the 29 silent movies Joan Crawford appeared in from 1925 to 1929, in largest part due to the movie's director and headlining actor. The latter is the inimitable Lon Chaney, “Man of a Thousand Faces.”

  7. When they made The Unknown in 1927, star Lon Chaney and director Tod Browning were among the biggest names in Hollywood. Joan Crawford was a starlet on the rise, striving for recognition. The Unknown gave it to her, and the following year she got her breakout starring role.

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