The Penalty (1920)
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.
- Date of release
- 1920-08-15
- TMDB
- 6.9 / 10 (60)
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Genres
- Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Director
- Wallace Worsley
Casting
- 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)
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