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The Shock

192364 minUnited States
Drama

Synopsis

Gangster Wilse Dilling is sent to a small town to watch a banker whom his employer intends to ruin. Friendship with the banker's daughter gives him an unexpected reason to change his life. Protecting her means resisting the criminal network on which he has depended.

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Original language
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified.
This copy runs
63:55
Subtitles
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No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. No subtitle track in this language.

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Wikimedia Commons · Lambert Hillyer · Public domain

Cast

DirectorsLambert Hillyer

Behind the scenes

Lon Chaney plays a man who uses crutches and a wheelchair, making physical vulnerability part of the crime melodrama. The climactic earthquake combines models, live action and archival footage.

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