The Unholy Three is a 1925 melodrama silent film involving a crime spree, directed by Tod Browning.
The film was remade in 1930 as a talkie. In both the 1925 and the 1930 version, the roles of Professor Echo and Tweedledee are played by Lon Chaney and Harry Earles respectively. Both were based on the novel of the same name by Clarence Aaron "Tod" Robbins.
Three sideshow performers leave their lives of captivity after a child is assaulted at one o...
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The Unholy Three is a 1925 melodrama silent film involving a crime spree, directed by Tod Browning.
The film was remade in 1930 as a talkie. In both the 1925 and the 1930 version, the roles of Professor Echo and Tweedledee are played by Lon Chaney and Harry Earles respectively. Both were based on the novel of the same name by Clarence Aaron "Tod" Robbins.
Three sideshow performers leave their lives of captivity after a child is assaulted at one of their shows and become "The Unholy Three." Echo the ventriloquist assumes the role of Mrs. O'Grady, a kindly old grandmother, who runs a bird shop. Tweedledee, "The Twenty Inch Man," becomes her grandchild, and Hercules (played by Victor McLaglen) is their assistant. Soon an incredible crime wave is launched from their little store.
Convincingly disguised as a little old lady, Echo and his two carnival cohorts perform a series of Park Avenue robberies. Echo's sweetheart Rosie (played by Mae Busch) plays along with the Unholy Three but...
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