As a fan of Lon Chaney since childhood, I chanced upon this film but was rather disappointed. His characterisations in this case were good but Caucasian actors just cannot convince as Chinese characters. The plot was dense and contrived. Priscilla Dean did well and carried much of the impetus of the film. Chaney was not on screen enough and his crook persona was rather one-dimensional. This film needed sound and the music was totally unsuited, it sounded like a funeral march. There is no comparison with The Unholy Three or other Browning-Chaney collaborations which had an appealing subversive quality and real sense of the macabre that was totally lacking here.
Review of Outside the Law
