The Confession
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Bertram Bracken
Henry B. Walthall
Francis Mcdonald
William Clifford
Margaret Mcwade
Margaret Landis
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Synopsis
When Jimmie Creighton attempts to prevent his sister's fiancé Tom Bartlett from taking another drink, a fight erupts between the two men. In the struggle, Tom drops his gun, which is picked up by Joseph Dumont, who then shoots Creighton. Dumont later goes to Tom's brother, Father Bartlett, the town's priest, to confess. Explaining that he killed Creighton because the man had betrayed his sister, Dumont swears to make reparations if an innocent man is accused of the crime. Even though his own brother, Tom, is arrested for the murder, the priest refuses to reveal Dumont's confession, and as a result, Tom is sentenced to death. Michael Dugan, the sexton, organizes a party to free Tom from jail, but the priest appeals to the men to leave the matter in God's hands. Tom succeeds in escaping on his own and confronts Dumont, but the murderer escapes and Tom flees to the Canadian Northwest. The priest follows, but before he can overtake his brother, Tom is apprehended and returned to the States. Meanwhile, the priest finds Dumont fear-crazed and saves him from an attempted suicide. The man finally promises to tell the truth and the two return to the States just as Tom is being led to the scaffold. Before he can confess, Dumont drops dead, but the warden orders the execution to proceed when two guards find the confession in Dumont's pocket, thus exonerating Tom.
Director
Bertram Bracken
Cast
Henry B. Walthall
Francis Mcdonald
William Clifford
Margaret Mcwade
Margaret Landis
Barney Furey
Henry Stanley
Johnnie Revelle
Sally Cohn
Irene Aldwyn
Fred L. Wilson
William Carroll
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Notes
This film was re-issued in 1927 as Confession. (See AFI Catalog of Feature Films, 1921-30; F2.0999.)
