Outside the Law
The three cleverest crooks in the world!
Directed by Tod Browning
Produced by Universal Pictures
A 1920s crime melodrama about redemption and revenge, where a reformed criminal and his daughter must defend themselves against a vengeful enemy from their past.
Silent Madden and his daughter Molly have left the criminal underworld of San Francisco thanks to the wise teachings of Chang Low, a Confucian master. But the evil Black Mike Sylva is determined to frame Madden to avenge a mistake from the past…
Essence
Ensemble
Priscilla Dean
Molly Madden (Silky Moll)
Wheeler Oakman
'Dapper Bill' Ballard
Lon Chaney
Ah Wing / 'Black Mike' Sylva
Ralph Lewis
'Silent' Madden
E. Alyn Warren
Chang Lo
Stanley Goethals
The Kid Across the Hall
Melbourne MacDowell
Morgan Spencer
Wilton Taylor
Inspector
John George
Humpy (uncredited)
Stanton Heck
Police Officer (uncredited)
Arthur Millett
Detective at Party (uncredited)
Steve Murphy
Member of Black Mike's Gang (uncredited)
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