The Unknown

1927, 1h 8min -

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 infatuation with his beautiful assistant (Joan Crawford)—a woman, it just so happens, who cannot bear to be touched by the hands of any man—drives him to unspeakable extremes. Sadomasochistic obsession, deception, murder, disfigurement, and a spectacular Grand Guignol climax—Browning wrings every last frisson from the lurid premise. Show more

"The Unknown" — movie produced in USA and released in 1927. It has a great rating on IMDb: 7.7 stars out of 10. It is a feature-length film with a runtime of 1h 8min. "The Unknown" is currently available to stream on The Criterion Channel and Tubi and for rent and to buy on Amazon Store. Click on a playlink to watch it now!