Blackie's Redemption (1919)
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
What is Blackie's Redemption about?
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 Blackie's Redemption is a Crime, Drama, Romance movie, released on 1919-04-14, runtime 50 minutes.
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Directed by
John Ince
Cast
- Bert Lytell as Boston Blackie
- Alice Lake as Mary Dawson
- Henry Kolker as Fred the Count
- Bernard J. Durning as Sober Dent
- Jack Duffy as The Dove
- Gertrude Short as Baby Doll
- Joseph Kilgour as The Warden
- William Musgrave as Little Squirrel
- Don Bailey as Chief of Detectives
- Wilton Taylor as Detective Mack
- Ah Toy as Chinese Waiter
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