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The Shock (1923)

96 min  -  Crime | Drama  -   10 June 1923 (USA)
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A gang of blackmailers sends a cripple to San Francisco to expose a banker they have been blackmailing. However, the cripple meets and falls in love with the banker's daughter.

Director:

Lambert Hillyer

Writers:

Charles Kenyon, William Dudley Pelley (story)

Stars:

Lon Chaney, Virginia Valli and Jack Mower
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Cast

Cast overview:
Lon Chaney ...
Virginia Valli Virginia Valli ...
Jack Mower Jack Mower ...
William Welsh William Welsh ...
Henry A. Barrows Henry A. Barrows ...
John Cooper, Sr. (as Henry Barrows)
Christine Mayo Christine Mayo ...
Ann Cardington
Harry De Vere Harry De Vere ...
Olaf Wismer (as Harry Devere)
John Beck John Beck ...
Walter Long Walter Long ...
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Storyline

Mysterious, sinister Wilse Dilling receives a coded message to go to the home of Queen Ann, a powerful crime boss. When Wilse meets with her, she sends him to the town of Fallbrook, where he is to await her instructions. Being practically wheelchair-bound has not stopped Dilling from committing a lengthy series of crimes, but to his surprise, he finds that the small town atmosphere makes him feel differently about everything. He finds a good friend in banker's daughter Gertrude Hadley, who helps him believe that he can make a fresh start. But Wilse's new-found contentment is soon shattered by a series of new developments. Written by Snow Leopard  

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Melodrama | Earthquake | San Francisco California

Genres:

Crime | Drama

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Country:

USA

Language:

English

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Box Office

Budget:

$90,220 (estimated)

Gross:

$257,327 (Worldwide)
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Sound Mix:

Silent

Color:

Black and White  | Color (tinted)

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1
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A Jewel Production. Universal, lacking a proprietary theater chain, devised a 3-tiered branding system to enable it to market its feature product to independent theater owners: Red Feather (low budget programmers), Bluebird (mainstream releases) and Jewel (prestige productions capable of drawing higher roadshow ticket prices). This branding system ended in late 1929. See more »

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Featured in Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces (2000) See more »