The Penalty

  • Rated 6.9 out of 10
  • Movie
  • 1920
  • 1h 30m
  • Crime
  • Drama
  • Thriller

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
Starring
Lon Chaney, Charles Clary, Doris Pawn, James Pier Mason

Cast

  • Lon Chaney

    Lon Chaney

    Blizzard

  • Charles Clary

    Charles Clary

    Dr. Ferris

  • Doris Pawn

    Doris Pawn

    Barbary Nell

  • James Pier Mason

    James Pier Mason

    Frisco Pete (as James Mason)

  • Milton Ross

    Milton Ross

    Lichtenstein

  • Ethel Grey Terry

    Ethel Grey Terry

    Rose

  • Kenneth Harlan

    Kenneth Harlan

    Dr. Wilmot Allen

  • Claire Adams

    Claire Adams

    Barbara Ferris

  • Montgomery Carlyle

    A Crook (uncredited)

  • Michael Dark

    Michael Dark

    Man (uncredited)

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