Outside the Law (1920 film)
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Outside the Law is a 1920 American pre-Code crime film produced, directed and co-written by Tod Browning and starring Priscilla Dean, Lon Chaney and Wheeler Oakman.[1][2]
Outside the Law | |
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Directed by | Tod Browning |
Written by | Tod Browning Lucien Hubbard Gardner Bradford (subtitles) |
Produced by | Tod Browning |
Starring | Priscilla Dean Wheeler Oakman Lon Chaney John George |
Cinematography | William Fildew |
Distributed by | Universal Film Manufacturing Company |
Release dates |
Jan. 6, 1921 (general release date) |
Running time | 75 minutes (8 reels) |
Country | United States |
Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
One of a series of Universal Pictures vehicles produced for Priscilla Dean, Outside the Law features Lon Chaney in dual supporting roles and his second pairing with director Tod Browning.[3][4][5] This was the first time Chaney played an Asian character. Stills exist showing Chaney in his dual roles.[6][7]
Browning would remake the film in 1930 with a pre-Little Caesar Edward G. Robinson in Chaney's 1920 role as a gang leader.[8] The film was gently reedited (a few of Chaney's scenes as "Ah Wing" were cut) and reissued theatrically in 1926, and this is the print that is available today on dvd. A musical score was prepared by Dr. Edward Kilenyi for the 1926 reissue, and an "elaborate atmospheric presentation" of the film was arranged by German director Paul Leni. Several posters and lobby cards still exist from the film.[9][10][11]