Within the Law

Apr 28, 1923

1h 45m

★ 5.1

From Prison Corridors to Brilliant Halls; From Shop-Girl's Struggle to Butterfly's Ease; From the Drab to the Diamond Horseshoe DRAMATIZING A WOMAN'S TRIUMPH

Overview

When Mary Turner is sent to prison for a crime she did not commit, she vows upon her release to take vengeance on those who wronged her, always staying however within the letter of the law.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Joseph M. Schenck Productions

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Cast

Mary Turner

Norma Talmadge

Joe Garson

Lew Cody

Aggie Lynch

Eileen Percy

Richard Gilder - his son

Jack Mulhall

Edward Gilder

Joseph Kilgour

George Demarest

Arthur Stuart Hull

Helen Morris

Helen Ferguson

Sergeant Cassidy

Lincoln Plumer

General Hastings

Tom Ricketts

English Eddie

Ward Crane

Gilder's Secretary

Catherine Murphy

Inspector Burke

DeWitt Jennings

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