The Unholy Three (1925 film)

The Unholy Three is a 1925 American silent film involving a crime spree, directed by Tod Browning and starring Lon Chaney.

Three performers leave a sideshow after Tweedledee Harry Earles, the midget, assaults a young heckler and sparks a melee. The three join together in an unholy plan to become wealthy. Prof. Echo, the ventriloquist, assumes the role of Mrs. OGrady, a kindly old grandmother, who runs a pet shop, while Tweedledee plays her grandchild. Hercules Victor McLaglen, the strongman, works in the shop along with the unsuspecting Hector McDonald Matt Moore. Echos girlfriend, pickpocket Rosie OGrady Mae Busch, pretends to be his granddaughter.Using what they learn from delivering pets, the trio later commit burglaries, with their wealthy buyers as victims. On Christmas Eve, John Arlington an uncredited Charles Wellesley telephones to complain that the talking parrot aided by Echos ventriloquism he bought will not speak. When Granny OGrady visits him to coax the bird into performing, she takes along grandson Little Willie. While there, they learn that a valuable ruby necklace is in the house. They decide to steal it that night. As Echo is too busy, the other two grow impatient and decide to go ahead without him. ........

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