The Penalty

  • Crime
  • Drama
  • Thriller
8/15/1920
90
NR

Storyline

Blizzard, deranged from a childhood operation in which both his legs were needlessly amputated after an accident, becomes a vicious criminal, and eventually mob leader of the San Francisco underworld.

Director:
Wallace Worsley
Budget:
$89,000
    • san francisco, california
    • criminal underworld
    • silent film
    • mob boss
    • brain surgery
    • amputee

    Cast

    • Lon Chaney
      Blizzard
    • Charles Clary
      Dr. Ferris
    • Doris Pawn
      Barbary Nell
    • James Pier Mason
      Frisco Pete (as James Mason)
    • Milton Ross
      Lichtenstein
    • Ethel Grey Terry
      Rose
    • Kenneth Harlan
      Dr. Wilmot Allen
    • Claire Adams
      Barbara Ferris
    • Montgomery Carlyle
      A Crook (uncredited)
    • Michael Dark
      Man (uncredited)
    • Cesare Gravina
      Art Teacher (uncredited)
    • Lee Phelps
      Policeman (uncredited)
    • Madlaine Traverse
      Woman (uncredited)
    • Edouard Trebaol
      Bubbles (uncredited)
    • Clarence Wilson
      A Crook (uncredited)

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