---
title: 'The Shock (1923)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Lambert Hillyer'
released: '1923-06-10'
runtime_minutes: 96
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-shock-1923'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0014463/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Shock (1923)

1923 · 96 min · Drama · United States


## Synopsis

The Shock is a 1923 American silent drama film directed by Lambert Hillyer and starring Lon Chaney as a disabled man named Wilse Dilling. The film was written by Arthur Statter and Charles Kenyon, based on a magazine story by William Dudley Pelley. This is one of the rare Lon Chaney films in which his character ends up with the female "love interest." The film is readily available on DVD.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Lambert Hillyer](https://cinepixo.com/people/lambert-hillyer)
- **Producer:** [Carl Laemmle](https://cinepixo.com/people/carl-laemmle)

## Cast

- [Bob Kortman](https://cinepixo.com/people/bob-kortman)
- [Jack Mower](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-mower) as Jack Cooper
- [William Welsh](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-welsh)
- [Virginia Valli](https://cinepixo.com/people/virginia-valli)
- [Henry A. Barrows](https://cinepixo.com/people/henry-a-barrows)
- [Lon Chaney](https://cinepixo.com/people/lon-chaney)
- [Christine Mayo](https://cinepixo.com/people/christine-mayo)
- [Walter Long](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-long)

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