The Unknown (1927)
"Don't miss this startling spectacle!"
ThumbScore
👍 88%audience score Estimated from TMDB user ratings and critic scores, calibrated to Google's former audience score. Google stopped publishing it in 2026.
Critics Score
🎬 100%
(RT: 100%) RT = Rotten Tomatoes (critic reviews). MC = Metacritic (weighted critic average). Critics Score is the average of both.
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Cast
Lon Chaney as Alonzo
Norman Kerry as Malabar
Nick De Ruiz as Antonio Zanzi
John George as Cojo
Frank Lanning as Costra
Tom Amandares as Gypsy Running to Zanzi's Death Scene (uncredited)
Margaret Bert as Fortune Teller (uncredited)
Is The Unknown good?
Yes. 88% audience score, estimated from 219 TMDB ratings. Critics gave it 100%.
Overview
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. Wikipedia ↗
