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The Shock

1923 · 1h 10m · Drama · United States of America

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.

Directed by
Lambert Hillyer
Written by
Charles Kenyon, Arthur F. Statter
Story by
William Dudley Pelley
Starring
Lon Chaney, Virginia Valli, Jack Mower, William Welsh
5.9Smart score

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