Goldwyn Pictures
Directed by Wallace Worsley
My rating: 3 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, Kino)
Lon Chaney is crippled in his youth by a doctor who unnecessarily amputates his legs after a traffic accident. He grows up to be a king pin in the San Francisco underworld. He befriends the doctor's daughter by posing as Satan for a statue in her studio. He's really plotting revenge. Meanwhile, his cronies are planning to carry out his master plan to rob the entire city of San Francisco. Just when you think there is going to be a happy ending, "the penalty" arrives in the form of an assassin. Lon Chaney is the whole show, and it is amazing to see him get around on his stumps and crutches.
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