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Movie Detail Name Occurs Before Title Offscreen Credit Print Viewed By AFI Stub Record The Unknown Director: Tod Browning (Dir) Release Date:   4 Jun 1927 Duration (in feet):   5,517 Duration (in reels):   6 Print this page Display Movie Summary Available Formats Facets DVD VHS LaserDisk Cast:   Lon Chaney (Alonzo)       Norman Kerry (Malabar)       Joan Crawford (Estrellita)       Nick De Ruiz (Zanzi)       John George (Cojo)       Frank Lanning (Costra)   Summary: To escape the police, Alonzo, who has two thumbs on one hand, poses in a sideshow as an armless wonder. He falls in love with Estrellita, and when detected by her father, he kills him. Then, discovering that the girl abhors the touch of a man's hand, he has both his arms amputated. Returning, he finds to his dismay that she has fallen in love with Malabar and is to marry him; Alonzo seeks revenge on Malabar, but loses his own life.  Production Company: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures   Director: Tod Browning (Dir) Writer: Waldemar Young (Scen)   Tod Browning (Story)   Joe Farnham (Titles) Photography: Merritt Gerstad (Dir of photog) Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons (Art dir)   Richard Day (Art dir) Film Editor: Harry Reynolds (Film ed)   Errol Taggart (Film ed) Costumes: Lucia Coulter (Ward) Country: United States Language: English Copyright Claimant Copyright Date Copyright Number Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures 27/6/1927 dd/mm/yyyy LP24123 Physical Properties: b&w:   Si:   Genre: Melodrama Sub-Genre: Carnival/Circus   Subjects (Major): Amputation   Circuses   Disfiguration   Phobias   Revenge   Self-sacrifice Note: The film was copyrighted at 7 reels.  Display Movie Summary

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