The Penalty

The Penalty (1920)

Crime, Drama, Thriller1 hour and 30 minutes
68%
User score
Description

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.

Wallace Worsley
Director
Gouverneur Morris
Novel, Adaptation
Charles Kenyon
Scenario Writer
Philip Lonergan
Scenario Writer

Actors

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
Montgomery Carlyle
A Crook (uncredited)
Michael Dark
Michael Dark
Man (uncredited)
Cesare Gravina
Cesare Gravina
Art Teacher (uncredited)
Lee Phelps
Lee Phelps
Policeman (uncredited)
Madlaine Traverse
Madlaine Traverse
Woman (uncredited)
Edouard Trebaol
Edouard Trebaol
Bubbles (uncredited)
Clarence Wilson
Clarence Wilson
A Crook (uncredited)
Status

Released

Original language

English

Budget

$89,000

Revenue

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Keywords
san francisco, californiacriminal underworldsilent filmmob bossbrain surgeryamputee