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August 1920 (USA) moreTagline:
What was the secret of the tremendous power exerted by Blizzard over everybody he met? Why did Rose, the secret service operative detailed to spy on Blizzard and ferret out his secret, end by falling in love with him? Why did every crook in San Francisco tremble at his frown? Why did he hold thousands in peril of their lives? Come and see! morePlot:
Blizzard, deranged from a childhood operation in which both his legs were perhaps needlessly amputated after an accident... more | add synopsisUser Comments:
One of Chaney's best films moreCast
(Credited cast) | Charles Clary | ... | Dr. Ferris |
| Doris Pawn | ... | Barbary Nell |
| Jim Mason | ... | Frisco Pete (as James Mason) |
 | Lon Chaney | ... | Blizzard |
| Milton Ross | ... | Lichtenstein |
| Ethel Grey Terry | ... | Rose |
| Kenneth Harlan | ... | Dr. Wilmot Allen |
| Claire Adams | ... | Barbara Ferris |
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90 min (2004 alternate version)Country:
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USA:Passed (National Board of Review)Filming Locations:
San Francisco, California, USAFun Stuff
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Lon Chaney could wear the harness for only ten minutes before the pain became intolerable. moreFAQ
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Morbid gothic revenge tale set in modern (1918) San Francisco. Chaney gives one of his best performances ever as Blizzard, a legless criminal mastermind out to get his back from the whole city of SF. He can only pillage the treasury, as he envisions, with legs, so he plots to have a doctor amputate another man's legs and graft them onto his own.
Chaney is appropriately diabolical as he moves about on stumps and crutches faster than his bipedal friends. Phoney "redemption" through surgery climax does much to spoil the sadistic fun of the preceding seven reels.