Directed by:
Wallace WorsleyCast:
Lon Chaney, Charles Clary, Kenneth Harlan, Claire Adams, Madlaine Traverse, Clarence Wilson, Lee PhelpsPlots(1)
When an incompetent doctor amputates the legs of a young boy, he has no idea that the youth will grow up to be the immoral and embittered Blizzard, a criminal mastermind who orchestrates a bizarre and heinous plot to avenge himself upon his malefactor. The Penalty teems with irony and sexual menace as Blizzard befriends the surgeon's daughter and serves as an artist's model for her sculptural rendition of Satan, waiting for his moment to show the depth of his demonic desires. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Lon Chaney](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/269/269402_075f40.jpg)
Lon Chaney
USA
Best movies:
He Who Gets Slapped (1924)
West of Zanzibar (1928)
The Monster (1925)
![Charles Clary](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/484/160484143_73a42a.jpg)
Charles Clary
USA
Best movies:
The Penalty (1920)
Joan the Woman (1916)
The King of Kings (1927)
![Kenneth Harlan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/505/505371_a2fa5e.jpg)
Kenneth Harlan
USA
Best movies:
San Francisco (1936)
The Penalty (1920)
Mystery Science Theater 3000 (1988) (series) - a.f.
![Claire Adams](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/478/161478448_9a255a.jpg)
Claire Adams
Canada
Best movies:
The Big Parade (1925)
The Penalty (1920)
![Madlaine Traverse](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/273/273462_7a22ae.jpg)
Madlaine Traverse
USA
Best movies:
The Penalty (1920)
The Poor Little Rich Girl (1917)
![Clarence Wilson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/518/160518463_23aa16.jpg)
Clarence Wilson
USA
Best movies:
Sunrise (1927)
20,000 Years in Sing Sing (1932)
The Front Page (1931)
![Lee Phelps](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/045/161045073_80d9c2.jpg)
Lee Phelps
USA
Best movies:
Love Crazy (1941)
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
After the Thin Man (1936)