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The Penalty

  • Movie
  • 1920
  • NR
  • 1h 30m

Directed by Wallace Worsley

6.9

TMDB audience rating
6.9 out of 10 from 60 votes

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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.

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Cast and crew

  • Lon Chaney

    Lon ChaneyBlizzard

  • Charles Clary

    Charles ClaryDr. Ferris

  • Doris Pawn

    Doris PawnBarbary Nell

  • James Pier Mason

    James Pier MasonFrisco Pete (as James Mason)

  • Milton Ross

    Milton RossLichtenstein

  • Ethel Grey Terry

    Ethel Grey TerryRose

  • Kenneth Harlan

    Kenneth HarlanDr. Wilmot Allen

  • Claire Adams

    Claire AdamsBarbara Ferris

  • Montgomery CarlyleA Crook (uncredited)

  • Michael Dark

    Michael DarkMan (uncredited)

  • Cesare Gravina

    Cesare GravinaArt Teacher (uncredited)

  • Lee Phelps

    Lee PhelpsPoliceman (uncredited)

  • Madlaine Traverse

    Madlaine TraverseWoman (uncredited)

  • Edouard TrebaolBubbles (uncredited)

  • Clarence Wilson

    Clarence WilsonA Crook (uncredited)

Director
Wallace Worsley
Writer
Gouverneur Morris
Cinematography
Don Short