Outside the Law is a 1920 crime film directed by Tod Browning. Browning remade the film in 1930.
Black Mike (Lon Chaney) is a despicable gangster who lures Molly (Priscilla Dean), the daughter of a San Francisco underworld leader, back to a life of crime. Mike frames Molly’s father for murder and then plots to double-cross her as well. But Molly’s hard heart is slowly melted by her gangster lover. The film ends with in a climactic shootout.
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Crime | Romance
| Priscilla Dean | … | Molly Madden (Silky Moll) | |
| Wheeler Oakman | … | Dapper Bill Ballard | |
| Lon Chaney | … | Black Mike Sylva / Ah Wing | |
| Ralph Lewis | … | Silent Madden | |
| E. Alyn Warren | … | Chang Lo |