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Movie Info

Under the gentle tutelage of Confucian monk Chang Lo (E. Alyn Warren), father and daughter criminals Silent Madden (Ralph Lewis) and Silky Moll (Priscilla Dean) are attempting to go straight. When rival Black Mike Sylva (Lon Chaney) falsely pins a murder on Silent Madden, Silky and Dapper Bill (Wheeler Oakman) agree to help Sylva with a jewel heist, planning to double-cross him. Holed up with the stolen jewels, Silky Moll undergoes a religious conversion that causes her to repent her many sins.

Genre:

drama
Original Language:

English
Director:

Tod Browning
Writer:

Gardner Bradford, Tod Browning, Lucien Hubbard
Release Date (Streaming):

Jun 27, 2000
Runtime:

1h 15m

Cast & Crew

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

Stanley Goethals
That Kid

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Critic Reviews for Outside the Law

All Critics (5) | Fresh (5)

It doesn't quite have the personal touches that Browning's later films would have, but it's a strong entertainment nonetheless.

October 25, 2020 | Rating: 3.5/4 | Full Review…

Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid
...the elaborate, stylized sets used to represent San Francisco's Chinatown are a delight as is the palatial "Spencer home" where a key scene takes place.

October 24, 2020 | Rating: 6/10 | Full Review…

Sarah Boslaugh
TheArtsStl
Those who like crook melodrama with scenes in Chinatown ave certainly going to like Outside the Law, for it is much bigger than anything of the kind we have seen.

November 6, 2019 | Full Review…

Harriette Underhill
New York Tribune
It's lucky for the film that when Priscilla Dean isn't onscreen, Lon Chaney usually is, since those two are by and large the only humans that give it any kind of spice.

March 31, 2014 | Rating: 7/10 | Full Review…

Tim Brayton
Antagony & Ecstasy
Inventive crime drama about jewel thieves, with romance, emotion, glamour and suspense.

August 5, 2013 | Full Review…

Michael E. Grost
Classic Film and Television

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Audience Reviews for Outside the Law

Dec 03, 2010

A pretty good crime drama, I think Browning is better at horror, but this movie was enjoyable. The story is good, and the actors too, it's not great, but I liked it anyway.

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