Outside the Law (1920)

Directors

Tod Browning

Cast

Priscilla Dean, Wheeler Oakman, Lon Chaney, Ralph Lewis

The story

Silent Madden, a criminal leader in San Francisco, and his gangster daughter Molly have forsaken a life of crime after receiving counsel from Chang Lo, a Confucianist philosopher living in Chinatown. A despicable gangster named Black Mike Sylva frames Molly's father for murder, causing Molly to lose faith in abiding the law and prompting her return to a life of crime. Black Mike plots to double-cross Molly as well during a jewelry theft, but Molly gets word from her gangster lover and foils Black Mike's plans.

Genres

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