The Penalty (1920 film)
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The Penalty is a 1920 film about a criminal mastermind who plans to seek revenge on the doctor who mistakenly amputated his legs.
- Directed by Wallace Worsley. Written by Charles Kenyon, based on a novel by Gouverneur Morris.
Blizzard, master of San Francisco's underworld, legless, deformed--the weirdest character ever presented on the screen--you'll never forget him. (taglines)
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Dialogue[edit]
- Doctor: Good God, you should not have amputated!
- Dr. Ferris: What?
- Doctor: You have mangled this child for life!
- Barbara Ferris: How do you happen to know so much about Art?
- Blizzard: My father, who shall be nameless, was a distinguished man. But he detested little boys with their legs clipped off. So at fifteen I hobbled out of his life.
- Barbara Ferris: Why do you live in the underworld?
- Blizzard: When Satan fell from Heaven he looked for power in Hell.
Taglines[edit]
- Blizzard, master of San Francisco's underworld, legless, deformed—the weirdest character ever presented on the screen—you'll never forget him.
Cast[edit]
- Charles Clary — Dr. Ferris
- Doris Pawn — Barbary Nell
- James Pier Mason — Frisco Pete
- Lon Chaney — Blizzard
- Milton Ross — Lichtenstein
- Ethel Grey Terry — Rose
- Kenneth Harlan — Dr. Wilmot Allen
- Claire Adams — Barbara Ferris
External links[edit]
Encyclopedic article on The Penalty (1920 film) on Wikipedia
Works related to The Penalty (film) on Wikisource
Media related to The Penalty (film) on Wikimedia Commons- The Penalty quotes at the Internet Movie Database
- The Penalty at Rotten Tomatoes
- The Penalty at Allmovie
