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The Penalty
🎬 Movie

The Penalty

1920 · 90 min Crime Drama Thriller
6.9 / 10 · TMDB

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.

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🎬 MovieFinder's Take

This is quietly operating cinema. No big events, no crisis turns — just people and how they live through what happens to them.

Strengths: atmosphere, actors, accuracy of detail. Weaknesses: the pace isn't for everyone, the ending may feel unresolved.

For people who watch films for feeling, not entertainment.

Director: Wallace Worsley

— MovieFinder Editorial

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Viewing atmosphere: An evening when your mind is at peace. With someone you can sit in silence with after. Wine or tea.

🎭 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)

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Milton Ross

Lichtenstein

Ethel Grey Terry

Ethel Grey Terry

Rose

Kenneth Harlan

Kenneth Harlan

Dr. Wilmot Allen

Claire Adams

Claire Adams

Barbara Ferris

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Montgomery Carlyle

A Crook (uncredited)

Michael Dark

Michael Dark

Man (uncredited)

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