The Penalty (1920)
90 min
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.
- Release date
- August 8, 1920
- Country of origin
- United States
- Budget
- $89,000
Cast
- Charles Clary as Dr. Ferris
- Doris Pawn as Barbary Nell
- Jim Mason as Frisco Pete
- Lon Chaney as Blizzard
- Milton Ross as Lichtenstein
- Ethel Grey Terry as Rose
- Kenneth Harlan as Dr. Wilmot Allen
- Claire Adams as Barbara Ferris
- Montgomery Carlyle as A Crook
- Michael Dark as Man
Crew
- Wallace Worsley · Director
- Gouverneur Morris · Writer
- Charles Kenyon · Writer
- Don Short · Cinematographer