The Penalty (1920)

1920 · Silent film · 90 min · dir. Wallace Worsley

• Crime
• Drama
• Thriller

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Synopsis

Blizzard, deranged from a childhood operation in which both his legs were perhaps needlessly amputated after an accident, becomes a vicious criminal, and eventually mob leader of the San Francisco underworld. Out for revenge against the surgeon who performed his operation, he undergoes brain surgery which has a chance of altering his anti-social behavior.

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Details

Director

Wallace Worsley

Writer

Gouverneur Morris

Cinematography

Don Short

Studio

Goldwyn Pictures Corporation, Eminent Authors Pictures Inc

Released

1920-08-15

Running time

90 minutes

Cast & crew

• Wallace Worsley Director
• Lon Chaney
• Charles Clary
• Doris Pawn
• James Pier Mason
• MMilton Ross
• Ethel Grey Terry
• Kenneth Harlan
• Claire Adams

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