Blackie's Redemption 1919 Directed by John Ince
An absorbing drama of the underworld
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
Language
English
Spoken Language
No Language
Production Company
Metro Pictures Corporation
Release Date 14 April 1919
50 mins
Cast
Bert Lytell
Boston Blackie
Alice Lake
Mary Dawson
Henry Kolker
Fred the Count
Bernard J. Durning
Sober Dent
Jack Duffy
The Dove
Gertrude Short
Baby Doll
Joseph Kilgour
The Warden
William Musgrave
Little Squirrel
Don Bailey
Chief of Detectives
Wilton Taylor
Detective Mack
Ah Toy
Chinese Waiter
