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The Penalty

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A deformed criminal mastermind plans to loot the city of San Francisco as well as revenge himself on the doctor who mistakenly amputated his legs.
Director
Wallace Worsley
Year
1920
Genre
crime, drama, horror
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Goldwyn Pictures Corporation,Eminent Authors Pictures Inc
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Command me in any way... But don' t come here any more. - The Penalty 00:08
Command me in any way... But don' t come here any more.
Only your daughter' s request can keep me away. She is making a masterpiece. - The Penalty 00:10
Only your daughter' s request can keep me away. She is ...
Barbara, let me tell you a story. - The Penalty 00:05
Barbara, let me tell you a story.
He lies! He did not have to cut them off. - The Penalty 00:08
He lies! He did not have to cut them off.
Behind his visits there is some sinister motive. I can read it his eyes. - The Penalty 00:11
Behind his visits there is some sinister motive. I can read ...
If you have made him what he is, it is all the more our duty to help him. - The Penalty 00:12
If you have made him what he is, it is all the more our duty...
Blizzard' s man O'Hagan, his back in town. - The Penalty 00:05
Blizzard' s man O'Hagan, his back in town.
He has organized thousands of disgruntled foreign laborers. - The Penalty 00:06
He has organized thousands of disgruntled foreign laborers.
Hats and men... what' s the devil up to? - The Penalty 00:06
Hats and men... what' s the devil up to?
You have worked in the dark long enough... - The Penalty 00:13
You have worked in the dark long enough...
2 December - The Penalty 00:13
2 December
Your 10.000 foreign malcontents will filter into the city in small detachments. - The Penalty 00:08
Your 10.000 foreign malcontents will filter into the city in...
The signal will be an explosion. - The Penalty 00:05
The signal will be an explosion.
By fire and riots I shall draw the police and military into the suburbs. - The Penalty 00:08
By fire and riots I shall draw the police and military into ...
The heart of the city will be left defenseless... ours to loot at will. - The Penalty 00:09
The heart of the city will be left defenseless... ours to lo...
And then we shall vanish with our treasure. - The Penalty 00:06
And then we shall vanish with our treasure.
And then we shall vanish with our treasure - The Penalty 01:25
And then we shall vanish with our treasure
You talk as if you had legs! By God! You have gone mad! - The Penalty 00:09
You talk as if you had legs! By God! You have gone mad!
Perhaps... but with the madness that succeeds! - The Penalty 00:06
Perhaps... but with the madness that succeeds!
Better come out of that closet or I will begin to shoot! - The Penalty 00:08
Better come out of that closet or I will begin to shoot!
Better come out of that closet or I'll begin to shoot - The Penalty 00:08
Better come out of that closet or I'll begin to shoot
What the use...you' re going kill me anyhow. - The Penalty 00:07
What the use...you' re going kill me anyhow.
I doubt it... you' re the best pedaler I ever had. - The Penalty 00:08
I doubt it... you' re the best pedaler I ever had.
But the most remarkable of all is a fully equipped operating room. - The Penalty 00:13
But the most remarkable of all is a fully equipped operating...
You see you haven' t been allowed to do much damage - The Penalty 00:32
You see you haven' t been allowed to do much damage
With exultation he felt the power that his mind was gaining over Barbara. - The Penalty 00:11
With exultation he felt the power that his mind was gaining ...
You are the best critic in the world. - The Penalty 00:06
You are the best critic in the world.
Live your own life... go where I shall point... to your place among the stars. - The Penalty 00:11
Live your own life... go where I shall point... to your plac...
How am I ever going to thank you the help you have given me? - The Penalty 00:12
How am I ever going to thank you the help you have given me?
When you have finished that, don' t give me op. - The Penalty 00:08
When you have finished that, don' t give me op.
I love you, Barbara, with my whole heart and soul. - The Penalty 00:07
I love you, Barbara, with my whole heart and soul.
At her laugh his Hell - born loose passions broke. - The Penalty 00:07
At her laugh his Hell - born loose passions broke.
At her laugh his Hell born passions broke loose - The Penalty 00:07
At her laugh his Hell born passions broke loose
But almost instantly he knew that he had blundered... - The Penalty 00:07
But almost instantly he knew that he had blundered...
...and like a good general tried retrieve his mistake. - The Penalty 00:07
...and like a good general tried retrieve his mistake.
I am the unhappiest beast in the world. - The Penalty 00:16
I am the unhappiest beast in the world.
I am the unhappiest beast in the world - The Penalty 00:06
I am the unhappiest beast in the world
Laughter burns a cripple like acid - The Penalty 00:05
Laughter burns a cripple like acid
I don' t know why I laughed. You frightened me. - The Penalty 00:07
I don' t know why I laughed. You frightened me.
I have come to prescribe a little, Barbara. - The Penalty 00:06
I have come to prescribe a little, Barbara.
True women need love - The Penalty 00:10
True women need love
I will marry you, dear, whenever you wish. - The Penalty 00:06
I will marry you, dear, whenever you wish.
After a night of jealous fury, the Beast takes action. - The Penalty 00:09
After a night of jealous fury, the Beast takes action.
Hello Doctor, this is Bubbles. - The Penalty 00:22
Hello Doctor, this is Bubbles.
He will run all the way... on those magnificent legs. - The Penalty 00:07
He will run all the way... on those magnificent legs.
Once before a woman surfeited me with her caresses - The Penalty 00:12
Once before a woman surfeited me with her caresses
Rose just shows herself at the window and nods... and that' s all. - The Penalty 00:09
Rose just shows herself at the window and nods... and that&#...
Where is Miss Ferris?" - The Penalty 00:19
Where is Miss Ferris?"
Listen, my baffled hero... if you wish the lady to go free... - The Penalty 00:20
Listen, my baffled hero... if you wish the lady to go free.....
Dr. Ferris will cut them off for you. - The Penalty 00:07
Dr. Ferris will cut them off for you.
Then he will graft them to me. - The Penalty 00:06
Then he will graft them to me.
Your daughter is in my house. She has been hurt. Cowmen at once. - The Penalty 00:09
Your daughter is in my house. She has been hurt. Cowmen at o...
That fairy tale about your daughter was merely to make certain that you' d come. - The Penalty 00:10
That fairy tale about your daughter was merely to make certa...
You' ve played the trick with apes... now I' m putting human beings at your service. - The Penalty 00:10
You' ve played the trick with apes... now I' m put...
Your victim is fulfilling destiny in making you the master surgeon of the world. - The Penalty 00:10
Your victim is fulfilling destiny in making you the master s...
You must make it possible... unless you would have - The Penalty 00:11
You must make it possible... unless you would have
Out of my house is not out of my power... that' s here. - The Penalty 00:08
Out of my house is not out of my power... that' s here.
Suppose you and your assistant should disappear... then your daughter and I... - The Penalty 00:09
Suppose you and your assistant should disappear... then your...
Give me legs and I will be a model son-in-law. - The Penalty 00:09
Give me legs and I will be a model son-in-law.
Then I will be a tower of strength... I will be a Caesar! - The Penalty 00:08
Then I will be a tower of strength... I will be a Caesar!
You are right... you' d be a superman! I will do it! - The Penalty 00:07
You are right... you' d be a superman! I will do it!
Doctor Ferris' sudden decision to operate brought about starling results. - The Penalty 00:07
Doctor Ferris' sudden decision to operate brought about...
I have waked from a terrible dream! - The Penalty 00:05
I have waked from a terrible dream!
I've waked from a terrible dream - The Penalty 00:21
I've waked from a terrible dream
I was a devil... I did things that I shudder to think of! - The Penalty 00:10
I was a devil... I did things that I shudder to think of!
What' s happened... you did not do what he wanted? - The Penalty 00:15
What' s happened... you did not do what he wanted?
There is a contusion at the base of the skull. - The Penalty 00:07
There is a contusion at the base of the skull.
That caused pressure on the brain... - The Penalty 00:11
That caused pressure on the brain...
This man, let alone may become as great a power for good as he was for evil. - The Penalty 00:12
This man, let alone may become as great a power for good as ...
The tyrant' s hand relaxed... the whirlwind breaks. - The Penalty 00:16
The tyrant' s hand relaxed... the whirlwind breaks.
In my madness I built power from evil. I shall undo my handwork. - The Penalty 00:18
In my madness I built power from evil. I shall undo my handw...
He' s got religion... that means he will raise Hell! - The Penalty 00:15
He' s got religion... that means he will raise Hell!
He' s got religion that means he will raise Hell - The Penalty 00:06
He' s got religion that means he will raise Hell
If we don' t finish him, he will finish us. - The Penalty 00:06
If we don' t finish him, he will finish us.
The New Man... and his wife. - The Penalty 00:06
The New Man... and his wife.
We shall do great things together. - The Penalty 00:05
We shall do great things together.
Fate chained me to Evil for that I must pay the Penalty - The Penalty 00:09
Fate chained me to Evil for that I must pay the Penalty
Fate chained me to evil - The Penalty 00:23
Fate chained me to evil
"That is a great puzzle, Perhaps I am going to see it solved. - The Penalty 00:09
"That is a great puzzle, Perhaps I am going to see it s...
Don' t grieve dear death interests me - The Penalty 00:05
Don' t grieve dear death interests me
All that' s left of him... an evil mask of a great soul. - The Penalty 00:10
All that' s left of him... an evil mask of a great soul...
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A deformed criminal mastermind plans to loot the city of San Francisco as well as revenge himself on the doctor who mistakenly amputated his legs.

User Rating: 5.0 (1 rating)
Director: Wallace Worsley
Writer: Gouverneur Morris, Charles Kenyon, Philip Lonergan
Production: Goldwyn Pictures Corporation,Eminent Authors Pictures Inc
Genre: crime, drama, horror
Year: 1920
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ImdbRating: 7.4
BoxOffice: N/A
Released: 08 Aug 1920
Awards: N/A
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