Blackie's Redemption

50min

Crime

Drama

Romance

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

Cast

Bert Lytell

Bert Lytell

Boston Blackie
Alice Lake

Alice Lake

Mary Dawson
Henry Kolker

Henry Kolker

Fred the Count
Jack Duffy

Jack Duffy

The Dove
Joseph Kilgour

Joseph Kilgour

The Warden
William Musgrave

William Musgrave

Little Squirrel
Don Bailey

Don Bailey

Chief of Detectives
Wilton Taylor

Wilton Taylor

Detective Mack
Ah Toy

Ah Toy

Chinese Waiter

Release date

14th Apr 1919

Status

Released

Spoken languages

No Language