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OUR DOCUMENTARY

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  • "The Penalty" (1920) - with film

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        Lon Chaney

     

    Directed by               Wallace Worsley
    Produced by             Goldwyn Pictures Corporation
    Scenario by              Charles Kenyon          
    Based on                    the novel The Penalty by Gouverneur Morris
    Starring                     Lon Chaney, Charles Clary, Ethel Grey Terry, Kenneth Harlan, Claire Adams
    Cinematography       Donovan Short
    Distributed by           Goldwyn Pictures
    Release date               August 1920
    Running time             90 min.
    Country                      United States
    Language                    Silent film, English intertitles

     

    This movie is part of our series "Other Favorite Films". This category includes films that do not feature a particular star from our site, but which in our view represent a major contribution of a silent movie to the Arts and Culture of the world.

     

    "The Penalty" (1920) is a powerful crime drama, in which Lon Chaney delivers one of his most memorable performances. 

    An inexperienced doctor needlessly amputates a boy's legs after a traffic accident.  The boy grows up to be a criminal mastermind, determined to revenge himself on society and on the doctor that crippled him for life a long time ago.

    The film is ranked number 98 in the list of The Top 100 Silent Era Films of the influential website Silent Era.

    It has a strong rating in IMDB.

     

    The Penalty (1920) on IMDb

     

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       Lon Chaney