» » The Redeemed Criminal (1911)

The Redeemed Criminal (1911) Online

The Redeemed Criminal (1911) Online
1911
Original Title :
The Redeemed Criminal
Genre :
Movie / Short / Drama
Year :
1911
Type :
Movie
Rating :
6.2/10

Watch online HD Download HD

Spike Hennessy, cracksman and his pal, Kid Carson, blow the safe of The Continental Trust Co., and are just about to pack up the loot when they are discovered by the night watchman. ... See full summary

The Redeemed Criminal (1911) Online

Spike Hennessy, cracksman and his pal, Kid Carson, blow the safe of The Continental Trust Co., and are just about to pack up the loot when they are discovered by the night watchman. Hennessy, a man of powerful physique, grapples with the officer, and gives the Kid his chance to escape. Hennessy knocks the watchman insensible, but is captured by several police officers who have come in answer to the police alarm. Hennessy is submitted to The Third Degree but, although the police are morally certain that he had an accomplice, they cannot wring a confession from him, and he will not reveal the identity of his pal. He is sentenced to twenty years, and serves his time, still maintaining that he was alone on the job. Carson reforms, and later becomes a minister of the gospel, striving to atone for his past misdeed by living an upright life and working for the good of his fellow man. He is married and has a grown son, who is in love with Margaret Fairfield, a young society woman. Hennessy, ...
Credited cast:
Curtis Cooksey Curtis Cooksey


User reviews

Quynaus

Quynaus

Two criminals working together, one is caught and sent to prison for a long term, but despite all the efforts of the officers, he refuses to disclose the name of his pal. The latter reforms, and when his former accomplice is released, has become a minister, and holds a high place in society. The released convict begins his depredations again and breaks into the home of the fiancée of the clergyman's son. Then he carries the jewels to the minister and forces him to place them in his safe. There the son finds them, and is with difficulty convinced that the clergyman is not the thief. The minister dons his burglar's garb and returns the jewels, and when his former partner in crime returns for them, reads him such a lesson that he reforms. The interest is not in the drama, since the dramatic strength is insignificant, but a story is told in such a direct way that its complications are not difficult to understand. The audience can follow the plot easily, and see it unfold without an elaborate effort of the imagination. Further, the characters do what almost anyone would under similar conditions. The picture will please wherever it is presented. - The Moving Picture World, January 14, 1911