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  • Ex-Convict 4287 (1915)
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Ex-Convict 4287 (1915)
Short | Drama, Short
Malcolm Forbes is sent to state's prison for forgery, serves eighteen months and is known at the prison as prisoner No. 4287. Scotty Decker, a hold-up man and thief, known as prisoner 4163, is discharged the same time as Forbes. They part ...See moreMalcolm Forbes is sent to state's prison for forgery, serves eighteen months and is known at the prison as prisoner No. 4287. Scotty Decker, a hold-up man and thief, known as prisoner 4163, is discharged the same time as Forbes. They part at the prison gate and ten long years pass. Forbes has prospered and under the name of Herbert Bradford is a very successful businessman. Happily married, he works and thinks only of his wife and six-year old baby. One of his clients sends him some stocks to take care of during his absence. Bradford, placing them in his safe, finds his old discharge letter, given to him the day he left state's prison. It comes like a ghost from the grave to him, and he determines to destroy it. He is about to set fire to it when he is interrupted, and quickly places it in his pocket. Under the stress of business he forgets he placed it in his pocket. The next morning, when leaving home for his office, a button falls from his coat. His wife gives him another coat. Arriving at his office he is seen and recognized by his old fellow prisoner, Scotty Decker, who is very much on the down road. Scotty gets mad and, finding a card with Bradford's home address on it, goes there intending to blackmail the wife with her husband's secret. In the meantime Mrs. Bradford in mending the coat finds the prison letter that falls from the pocket. Though heartbroken at the discovery, she determines to keep the secret from her husband. But Scotty arrives at the home and, entering the library, sees the letter and gets possession of it and beats it back to the office. Bradford's interview with Scotty made him think of the letter he left in the coat pocket, and, much worried for fear his wife should see it, rushes home, only to discover the secret is known by those he loves. He determines to die and end it all, but is prevented by the minister. Scotty is struck by an automobile and carried to the hospital, where he dies, but before doing so, sends for the minister and, giving him the prison letter, asks forgiveness. The minister returns to the Bradford home and brings the letter, which Bradford burns. Happiness is supreme in the household thereafter. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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Archer MacMackin
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Mar 13, 1915 (United States)

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Ralph Lewis
Malcolm Forbes Malcolm Forbes   See fewer
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Catherine Henry
Mrs. Malcolm Forbes Mrs. Malcolm Forbes   See fewer
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