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The Penalty (1920)

NR ★ 7.0/10 90 min Crime, Drama, Thriller United States English
Director: Wallace Worsley
Novel: Gouverneur Morris
Adaptation: Gouverneur Morris
Scenario Writers: Charles Kenyon, Philip Lonergan
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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.

Top 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 Lichtenstein
Ethel Grey Terry
Ethel Grey Terry Rose
Kenneth Harlan
Kenneth Harlan Dr. Wilmot Allen
Claire Adams
Claire Adams Barbara Ferris

The Penalty Appears on 4 Curated Movie Lists

Canon Institutions

The Film Foundation (by Martin Scorsese)
The Film Foundation #581

Critic Curated

Paste Magazines 75 Best Films Of The 1920s
Paste Magazine #38
Paste Magazines The 100 Best Silent Films
Paste Magazine #49

Filmmaker Curation

Martin Scorsese's Alternative List of Favorite Films
LaCinetek #78

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