The Penalty
Directed by Wallace Worsley
Produced by Goldwyn Pictures Corporation, Eminent Authors Pictures Inc
A dark psychological crime drama tracing how medical trauma and bodily mutilation forge a vengeful criminal mastermind in the San Francisco underworld.
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.
Essence
Ensemble
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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