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The Unholy Three
The Unholy Three is a 1930 American pre-Code melodrama directed by Jack Conway and starring Lon Chaney. Its plot involves a crime spree. The film is a sound remake of the silent 1925 film of the same name, with both films based on the novel The Unholy Three, by Tod Robbins.
Plot
A sideshow is closed by the police after Tweedledee (Harry Earles), the embittered "Twenty Inch Man", kicks a young boy, starting a riot. Echo, the ventriloquist, proposes that Tweedledee, the strongman Hercules (Ivan Linow), and he leave and, as "The Unholy Three", use their talents to commit crimes. Echo also takes along his pickpocket girlfriend Rosie (Lila Lee) and his gorilla, whom Hercules fears.
More details
| author | Elliott Nugent J. C. Nugent |
|---|---|
| director | Jack Conway |
| editor | Frank Sullivan |
| genre | crime drama |
| keywords | arrest christmas eve cry engage hide out isolated ivan linow kill pet shop run away sideshow stolen necklace strongman ventriloquist young boy |
| musicBy | William Axt |
| producer | Irving Thalberg |
| productionCompany | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| publisher | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| theme | melodrama silent |