The Unholy Three (1930) [N/A]
Featuring:
Lon Chaney, Lila Lee, Elliott Nugent
Written by:
Clarence Aaron 'Tod' Robbins
Directed by:
Jack Conway
Release Date:
July 12, 1930
Original Title:
The Unholy Three
Genres:
Crime | Drama
Production Companies:
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production Countries:
United States of America
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 72
Lon Chaney talks!
A trio of former sideshow performers double as the "Unholy Three" in a scam to nab some shiny rocks.
Professor Echo is a sideshow ventriloquist who recruits two sociopathic co-workers, Midge and Hercules, the show's midget and strong man respectively, into a burglary ring. Echo disguises himself as the elderly Mrs. O'Grady, the owner of a pet store, who sells talking parrots and mynah birds to a high-class clientèle with Hercules posing as his son-in-law married to Echo's pickpocket girlfriend Rosie and Midge passing as their infant son. Echo's ventriloquist skills initially convince the customers that their parrot can talk, but they're disappointed when they bring the mute bird home. A phone call of complaint brings Grandma O'Grady and her daughter's "baby" to the client's house to facilitate the bird's talking, an opportunity to case the house for a subsequent robbery by "The Unholy Three."
