Overview
A new skyscraper is being built in New York City, and numerous workmen are busy at hazardous jobs high above the ground. When one of the workers, Dago Pete, deliberately starts a fight, he is immediately fired. But the discharged worker soon comes up with a plan to commit a robbery and get even. His scheme could affect the lives of several others.
Director and cast
More films
The Unknown (1927)
Horror · Romance · Thriller · UNRATED
On the lam, criminal Alonzo hides in the circus as The Armless Wonder—a performer who uses his feet to hurl knives. Alonzo keeps the arms he really has concealed to hide his identity. Meanwhile, ringmaster's daughter Nanon has a phobia of being touched by men, but is romantically pursued by not only Alonzo but the strongman Malabar. Al...
- Runtime
- 1h 8m
- Director
- Tod Browning
- Cast
- Lon Chaney, Norman Kerry, Joan Crawford
The Unholy Three (1925)
Crime · Drama · Thriller · PASSED
Three sideshow performers form a conspiracy known as 'The Unholy Three' – a ventriloquist, midget, and strongman working together to commit a series of robberies.
- Runtime
- 1h 26m
- Director
- Tod Browning
- Cast
- Lon Chaney, Mae Busch, Matt Moore
Laugh, Clown, Laugh (1928)
Drama · PASSED
A despairing clown suffering a broken heart and a self-indulgent count who uncontrollably laughs learn to help each other with their problems, but both fall in love with the same young woman.
- Runtime
- 1h 14m
- Director
- Herbert Brenon
- Cast
- Lon Chaney, Bernard Siegel, Loretta Young
A Blind Bargain (1922)
Drama · Horror · Mystery · Science Fiction · N/A
Chaney plays two roles: mad scientist Arthur Lamb and Lamb's "experiment", known only as the Ape Man. This hideous creature was the result of Lamb's attempts to transplant animal glands into human beings. A lost film.
- Runtime
- 57m
- Director
- Wallace Worsley
- Cast
- Lon Chaney, Raymond McKee, Jacqueline Logan
The Great Lover (1920)
Drama · N/A
Ethel Warren returns from studying in Europe to make her debut in New York with the opera company in which Jean Paurel, world-famous baritone, is the star. Carlo Sonino, also a member of the company, falls in love with Ethel and warns her against becoming infatuated with the amorous singer.
- Runtime
- 1h
- Director
- Frank Lloyd
- Cast
- John St. Polis, Richard Tucker, Claire Adams
Comments
Talk about the film with other members