Blackie's Redemption

Overview

Shrewd crook Boston Blackie is determined to go straight. At a celebration held on the eve of his marriage to Mary Dawson, Fred the Count plants a stolen jewel and Blackie is arrested and sentenced to twenty years in jail. Fred the Count tries to win Blackie's fiancée, but the honorable Mary rejects him. Blackie's only hope for escape is from the hospital, so he manages to get into a weakened state. He escapes from the hospital, but is trailed by the warden. Blackie refuses to shoot the defenseless man, and the warden recognizes Blackie as an honorable person and allows him to escape. Blackie frames the Count, and leaves for Honolulu with Mary

Details

Status

Released

Release date

April 14, 1919

Original language

English

Countries

United States of America

Production

Metro Pictures Corporation

Cast

Alice Lake,Wilton Taylor,Jack Duffy,Henry Kolker,William Musgrave,Bernard J. Durning,Joseph Kilgour,Don Bailey,Bert Lytell,Ah Toyand 1 more

Director

John Ince

Writer

Jack Boyle,Finis Fox

Cinematography

Robert Kurrle

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0008887