• Director(s)

    Tod Browning

  • Production Year

    1927

  • Genre(s)

    Horror

  • Approx. running minutes

    68m

  • Cast

    Lon Chaney, Norman Kerry, Joan Crawford

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The Unknown

mild threat, violence, sex references

THE UNKNOWN is a silent horror drama, from 1927, in which a man pretends he is armless in order to entice a woman to fall in love with him. …

THE UNKNOWN is a silent horror drama, from 1927, in which a man pretends he is armless in order to entice a woman to fall in love with him.

violence
There are scenes of mild violence, one of which includes a man strangling another. There are references to murders committed by a serial killer.
threat and horror
Sequences of mild threat come from a killer who becomes obsessed with a woman. All threat is mitigated by the dated nature of the work.
sex
A woman describes how she gets frustrated as all men seem to want to do is 'put their hands on her' or caress her.
additional issues
A man is implied to have deliberately had his arms amputated but there are no visuals of the operation or aftermath. Characters frequently smoke which is in keeping with the era in which the film was made.

  • Director(s)

    Tod Browning

  • Production Year

    1927

  • Genre(s)

    Horror

  • Approx. running minutes

    68m

  • Cast

    Lon Chaney, Norman Kerry, Joan Crawford

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Contains mild menace
Classified Date:
02/08/2002
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
BFI (Collections)
Classified Date:
19/06/1927
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Jury Metro Goldwyn Ltd
mild threat, violence, sex references
Classified Date:
23/10/2023
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Spirit Entertainment
violence
There are scenes of mild violence, one of which includes a man strangling another. There are references to murders committed by a serial killer.
threat and horror
Sequences of mild threat come from a killer who becomes obsessed with a woman. All threat is mitigated by the dated nature of the work.
sex
A woman describes how she gets frustrated as all men seem to want to do is 'put their hands on her' or caress her.
additional issues
A man is implied to have deliberately had his arms amputated but there are no visuals of the operation or aftermath. Characters frequently smoke which is in keeping with the era in which the film was made.

  • Classified date

    23/10/2023

  • Language

    English