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The Unholy Three

- A Mystery Thriller of a Giant, a Ventriloquist and a Dwarf

Three sideshow performers form a conspiracy known as "The Unholy Three" - a ventriloquist, midget, and strongman working together to commit a series of robberies.

Release Date : 1925-07-20

Language :No Language

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Professor Echo / Granny O'Grady

Original Name : Lon Chaney

Gender : Male

Character Name : Rosie O'Grady

Original Name : Mae Busch

Gender : Female

Character Name : Hector McDonald

Original Name : Matt Moore

Gender : Male

Character Name : Hercules

Original Name : Victor McLaglen

Gender : Male

Character Name : Tweedledee aka Little Willie

Original Name : Harry Earles

Gender : Male

Character Name : Detective Regan

Original Name : Matthew Betz

Gender : Male

Character Name : Judge

Original Name : Edward Connelly

Gender : Male

Character Name : Attorney for Defense

Original Name : William Humphrey

Gender : Male

Character Name : Prosecuting Attorney

Original Name : E. Alyn Warren

Gender : Male

Character Name : Twin (uncredited)

Original Name : Margie Angus

Gender : Female

Character Name : Twin (uncredited)

Original Name : Mary Angus

Gender : Female

Character Name : Human Skeleton (uncredited)

Original Name : Walter P. Cole

Gender : Male

Character Name : Pet Shop Customer (uncredited)

Original Name : Carrie Daumery

Gender : Female

Character Name : Sword Swallower (uncredited)

Original Name : Delmo Fritz

Gender : Male

Character Name : Fat Lady (uncredited)

Original Name : Alice Julian

Gender : Female

Character Name : Sword Swallower (uncredited)

Original Name : Peter Kortes

Gender : Male

Character Name : Boy Watching Hercules' Act (uncredited)

Original Name : Mickey McBan

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jeweler (uncredited)

Original Name : Wilmuth Merkyl

Gender : Male

Character Name : Wild Borneo Man (uncredited)

Original Name : John Millerta

Gender : Male

Character Name : Police Commissioner (uncredited)

Original Name : Louis Morrison

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mrs. Arlington (uncredited)

Original Name : Majorie Morton

Gender : Female

Character Name : Dime Museum Announcer (uncredited)

Original Name : Walter Perry

Gender : Male

Character Name : Newsboy (uncredited)

Original Name : Louis Shank

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dancer (uncredited)

Original Name : Vera Vance

Gender : Female

Character Name : John Arlington (uncredited)

Original Name : Charles Wellesley

Gender : Male

Character Name : Butler (uncredited)

Original Name : Percy Williams

Gender : Male

Reviews

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2023-12-07

The mighty "Hercules" (Victor McLaglen), ventriloquist "Echo" (Lon Chaney) and their diminutive pal "Tweedledee" (Harry Earles) make what passes for a living at sideshows keen to improve their lot. To that end they hit on the idea of using a bird shop as a conduit to find out who has things at home worth pinching and then, well, robbing them! Initially, their cunning pays off. "Echo" dons a frock and portrays a kindly old grandma; "Tweedledee" puts on some kids clothes and is her grandchild and that just leaves their mate to play the muscle. Unfortunately, the muscle hasn't much brain and when one robbery of a prominent banker results in a fatal shooting, the three find themselves on the end of an admittedly rather speculative, but nonetheless worrying, police investigation. They flee to a cabin in the woods but when poor old "Hector" (Matt Moore) is apprehended for the crime, "Echo" has pangs of a conscience. He goes to the trial but will he let the wrong man fry? Meantime, he takes a bit of a shine to "Rosie" (Mae Busch) but she's got eyes for the man in the firing line. Will anyone prove decent enough to do the right thing? It's perhaps a little too long this, it does take a while to find it's feet. Once it does though, the last half hour is actually quite tensely directed by Tod Browning and we have a few close shaves with the Lord's Prayer, a big ape and some notepaper. It's curious to appreciate almost one hundred years later, what we paid to see for entertainment and at just how widespread the rural subsistence existence in parts of the US was. This clearly illustrates the wealth divide, but in an engaging fashion with some gently comedic moments and a Chaney on good form.