The Shock

The Shock

★ 5.3IMDb Score
Released:1923-06-10
Genre:Drama
Duration:70 min
Director:Lambert Hillyer
Actors:Lon Chaney, Virginia Valli, Jack Mower, William Welsh, Henry A. Barrows
Production:Universal Pictures

Overview:

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.

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