--- title: 'The Penalty (1920)' type: 'film' director: 'Wallace Worsley' released: '1920-08-08' runtime_minutes: 87 genres: - 'Drama' - 'Crime' - 'Thriller' countries: - 'United States' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-penalty-1920' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0011565/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # The Penalty (1920) 1920 · 87 min · Drama, Crime, Thriller · United States ## Synopsis The Penalty is an American psychological thriller crime film starring Lon Chaney and originally released in 1920 by Goldwyn Pictures. The movie was directed by Wallace Worsley, and written by Philip Lonergan and Charles Kenyon, based upon the pulp novel by Gouverneur Morris. The supporting cast includes Charles Clary, Doris Pawn, Jim Mason, and Claire Adams. The copyright for the film was owned by Gouverneur Morris, who wrote the novel on which the film was based. The budget for the film was $88,868.00. Portions of the film were shot in San Francisco. ## Credits - **Director:** [Wallace Worsley](https://cinepixo.com/people/wallace-worsley) - **Screenplay:** [Charles Kenyon](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-kenyon), [Philip Lonergan](https://cinepixo.com/people/philip-lonergan) - **Producer:** [Samuel Goldwyn](https://cinepixo.com/people/samuel-goldwyn) - **Director of Photography:** [Don Short](https://cinepixo.com/people/don-short) ## Cast - [Charles Clary](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-clary) - [Ethel Grey Terry](https://cinepixo.com/people/ethel-grey-terry) - [Lon Chaney](https://cinepixo.com/people/lon-chaney) - [Doris Pawn](https://cinepixo.com/people/doris-pawn) - [Kenneth Harlan](https://cinepixo.com/people/kenneth-harlan) - [Claire Adams](https://cinepixo.com/people/claire-adams) - [James Pier Mason](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-pier-mason) - [Milton Ross](https://cinepixo.com/people/milton-ross) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-penalty-1920 Film facts: Wikidata (Q1922615); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.