The Unholy Three

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American film black-and-white film crime film feature film silent film thriller film

The Unholy Three is a 1925 silent crime thriller film directed by Tod Browning and starring Lon Chaney, known for its dark carnival setting and tale of a criminal trio using a sideshow as a front for their schemes.

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The Unholy Three canonical 3
The Unholy Three (novel) 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American film ⓘ
black-and-white film ⓘ
crime film ⓘ
feature film ⓘ
silent film ⓘ
thriller film ⓘ
aspect silent-era intertitles ⓘ
associatedWith Lon Chaney–Tod Browning collaborations ⓘ
surface form: Tod Browning–Lon Chaney collaborations
basedOn The Unholy Three self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Unholy Three (novel)
basedOnAuthor Tod Robbins ⓘ
surface form: Todd Robbins
character Hercules ⓘ
Professor Echo ⓘ
Rosie O'Grady ⓘ
Tweedledee ⓘ
cinematography Arthur Edeson ⓘ
Percy Hilburn ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Tod Browning ⓘ
distributor Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ
editor Errol Taggart ⓘ
era Classical Hollywood cinema ⓘ
filmFormat 35 mm ⓘ
followedBy The Unholy Three (1930 film) ⓘ
genre crime ⓘ
drama ⓘ
thriller ⓘ
musicForReleases silent-era theatrical accompaniment ⓘ
notableFor Lon Chaney performance in multiple disguises ⓘ
use of carnival and sideshow milieu in a crime story ⓘ
originalLanguage Silent film (English intertitles) ⓘ
plotSummary A trio of sideshow performers form a criminal gang using a fake family pet shop as a front for robbery schemes. ⓘ
producer Irving Thalberg ⓘ
surface form: Irving G. Thalberg
productionCompany Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ
releaseDate 1925-08-16 ⓘ
releaseYear 1925 ⓘ
remadeAs The Unholy Three (1930 film) ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 86 ⓘ
screenwriter Tod Browning ⓘ
Waldemar Young ⓘ
setting carnival sideshow ⓘ
urban apartments ⓘ
starring DeWitt Jennings ⓘ
Edward Connelly ⓘ
Harry Earles ⓘ
John Miljan ⓘ
Lon Chaney ⓘ
Mae Busch ⓘ
Matt Moore ⓘ
Matthew Betz ⓘ
Victor McLaglen ⓘ
title The Unholy Three self-link ⓘ

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Harold Rosson → notableWork → The Unholy Three ⓘ
The Unholy Three (1925 film) → basedOn → The Unholy Three ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Unholy Three (novel)
Matt Moore → notableWork → The Unholy Three ⓘ
The Unholy Three → title → The Unholy Three self-link ⓘ
The Unholy Three → basedOn → The Unholy Three self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Unholy Three (novel)