• 1921
  • Passed
  • 1h 15m
Outside the Law

Summary In this early collaboration with director Tod Browning (Dracula, Freaks), Chaney delivers a dual performance of dramatic intensity, starring as Ah Wing, a kind-hearted student of Confucian philosophy, and Black Mike Sylva, a murderous rake of the San Francisco underworld. View more details

  • 1921
  • Passed
  • 1h 15m

Outside the Law

Directed : Tod Browning

Written : Lucien Hubbard Gardner Bradford Tod Browning

Stars : Lon Chaney Wheeler Oakman Priscilla Dean Ralph Lewis

All cast & crew

6.5

Details

Genres : Thriller Crime Romance

Release date : Jan 5, 1921

Countries of origin : United States

Language : English

Filming locations : Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA

Production companies : Universal Film Manufacturing Company

Summary In this early collaboration with director Tod Browning (Dracula, Freaks), Chaney delivers a dual performance of dramatic intensity, starring as Ah Wing, a kind-hearted student of Confucian philosophy, and Black Mike Sylva, a murderous rake of the San Francisco underworld. View more details

Details

Genres : Thriller Crime Romance

Release date : Jan 5, 1921

Countries of origin : United States

Language : English

Filming locations : Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA

Production companies : Universal Film Manufacturing Company

Photos

Lon Chaney, Priscilla Dean, Ralph Lewis, Wheeler Oakman, E. Alyn Warren, and Anna May Wong in Outside the Law (1920) Lon Chaney, Priscilla Dean, and Wheeler Oakman in Outside the Law (1920) Lon Chaney, Priscilla Dean, and Wheeler Oakman in Outside the Law (1920) Lon Chaney and Priscilla Dean in Outside the Law (1920) Priscilla Dean in Outside the Law (1920) Lon Chaney in Outside the Law (1920) Lon Chaney in Outside the Law (1920) Lon Chaney, Priscilla Dean, and Wheeler Oakman in Outside the Law (1920) Priscilla Dean and E. Alyn Warren in Outside the Law (1920) Priscilla Dean in Outside the Law (1920) Lon Chaney and Priscilla Dean in Outside the Law (1920) Priscilla Dean in Outside the Law (1920)

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