Lon Chaney
David Webster
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Synopsis
A man imprisoned for a crime he did not commit escapes to find his family and confront the person who framed him. His wife has died, and his daughter believes him dead too. Discovering that she loves the wrongdoer's son forces him to decide whether clearing his own name will destroy the happiness he came back to recover.
Cast
DirectorsIrving Cummings
Historical context
Lon Chaney's fugitive moves through a Chinatown setting that combines sacrifice with the racial imagery common to silent melodrama. Surviving copies lack the colour flashback sequence included in the original production.
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Work catalogued as public domain in the United States.
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Availability checked on September 10, 2026.
Photograph credit
Photographs cropped, resized and optimized as WebP, displayed in monochrome.
- Lon Chaney — Unknown author · Public domain
- Noah Beery Sr. — Unknown photographer · Public domain
- Ralph Lewis — First National Pictures · CC0
