The Unholy Three (1930 film)

The Unholy Three is a 1930 American film about a trio of former sideshow performers who double as criminals. The film is a sound remake of the silent 1925 film of the same name
 * Directed by Jack Conway. Written by Elliott Nugent, based on the novel by Tod Robbins.

Lon Chaney Talks (taglines)

Professor Echo

 * That dick's got a line on us. We gotta think fast.

Rosie O'Grady

 * Go ahead, you yap! Fight among yourselves and see how long this racket lasts.


 * You take a tip from me - and blow.

Dialogue

 * Professor Echo: Now listen, you come in with me on this and I'll make you rich - plenty rich. Now, you see, my plan is so simple; so, Midget, that it scares ya.
 * Hercules: Well, I don't know. Are you sure?
 * Professor Echo: Sure! From tonight on we disappear. They'll look for the Midget, but there won't be no Midget. They'll find the fingerprints of the Echo, they'll be no Echo.
 * Hercules: It sounds kinda creepy.
 * Midget: I like it. It's unholy!
 * Professor Echo: That's us! The Unholy Three.


 * Hector McDonald: Oh, Rosie...
 * Rosie O'Grady: What?
 * Hector McDonald: Well, I - I was just gonna say it's wonderful the way your grandmother can make those birds talk.
 * Rosie O'Grady: Hector, she could make Coolidge talk.


 * Hector McDonald: Say, it's a lot of fun Christmas shopping, isn't it?
 * Rosie O'Grady: Yes. It's wonderful what you can get in a 5 and 10.
 * Hector McDonald: Oh, I know one young couple that furnished their whole apartment there. They have two children now.
 * Rosie O'Grady: Well, you can't get them at the 5 and 10!


 * Rosie O'Grady: [Both are laughing] Why, I... I don't know whether to laugh or cry.
 * Professor Echo: Well, why - why not do a little of both? You know the old gag. That's all there is to life. A little laughter... a little tear.


 * Jeweler: [about one of the rubies] If that little rascal had swallowed it, we would have never recovered it.
 * Mrs. O'Grady: Oh, I would have recovered it all right.
 * Arlington: She means an emetic.
 * Jeweler: [They both laugh] What a sense of humor!


 * Professor Echo: You're gonna do that once too often and he'll tear you to pieces!
 * Hercules: Ah! You mean I'll tear him to pieces.
 * Professor Echo: Yeah, you and the Swiss Navy, you dumb cluck!


 * Professor Echo: You lay off of that guy. Or, how would you like a sock in the nose? !
 * Rosie O'Grady: Oh, cut it out! Nobody's gonna beat me up!


 * Rosie O'Grady: You know, Hector, I never thought I'd get a kick out of this Christmas bunk, but I do!
 * Hector McDonald: Ah, it's the greatest thing in the world.


 * Professor Echo: All right, bring the boob in with his Christmas tree. And remember, I'll be in the next room.
 * Rosie O'Grady: For crying out west!


 * Midget: You know you're afraid of him.
 * Hercules: Who's afraid of who?
 * Midget: You're the one that should have been the old woman.
 * Hercules: Hey, I'm not that kind of a guy.


 * Hercules: I'm sick of it!
 * Professor Echo: Yes and you're going to be a whole lot sicker if I don't do some fast thinkin'!
 * Hercules: I don't want to think about it. I want you to go out and leave me alone!
 * Professor Echo: Yes, If I left you alone you'd fry! The both you you'd fry!


 * Hector McDonald: It would be wonderful to be with you any night, eh, every night, eh, that is, eh, every evening.
 * Rosie O'Grady: Hector, you're gettin' very bold.
 * Hector McDonald: Well, I don't mean to be bold, but, ah Rosie, there's no use beating around the bush. You know how I feel.

Taglines

 * Lon Chaney Talks
 * All Talking Picture
 * He conquers the dialog screen with FIVE voices in this amazing NEW production!

Cast

 * Lon Chaney — Professor Echo / Mrs. O'Grady
 * Lila Lee — Rosie O'Grady
 * Elliott Nugent — Hector McDonald
 * Harry Earles — Midget / Tweedle Dee
 * John Miljan — Prosecuting Attorney
 * Ivan Linow — Hercules
 * Clarence Burton - Detective Regan
 * Crauford Kent - Defense Attorney
 * Sidney Bracey - Mr. Arlington's butler