Summary 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. View more details
Directed : John Ince
Written : Finis Fox Jack Boyle
Stars : Henry Kolker Bernard J. Durning Bert Lytell Alice Lake
Genres : Crime Drama Romance
Release date : Apr 13, 1919
Countries of origin : United States
Language : None
Filming locations : San Quentin State Prison, San Quentin, California, USA
Production companies : Metro Pictures Corporation
Summary 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. View more details
Genres : Crime Drama Romance
Release date : Apr 13, 1919
Countries of origin : United States
Language : None
Filming locations : San Quentin State Prison, San Quentin, California, USA
Production companies : Metro Pictures Corporation
