Just Retribution (1915)
Will Duncan, a wealthy man, has a dissolute nephew. May, his daughter, is in love with the old man's lawyer, Harry Campbell. The match is sanctioned by the father and he dies shortly afterward. A will is made out on his deathbed bequeathing all to the daughter; if she should die before having an heir herself, it would revert to the nephew. Meanwhile the nephew, finding himself the tool of an unscrupulous gang, allows them to plot to put the girl out of the way. She is abducted and held prisoner in an old house that the nephew and his pals have made a secret meeting place. The lawyer gets a clue and learns where she is imprisoned. The night when the men argue with the nephew about getting the girl out of the way the lawyer secures a ladder and enters the upper part of the house near the door behind which the girl is prisoner. His footsteps are overheard by the men. They go upstairs to kill the girl, but being afraid, go back. Meanwhile a quarrel has arisen downstairs and a lamp is thrown which sets fire to the house. The men go upstairs to get the girl, and learn of the lawyer being there, too. They figure they can make away with both and the fire will blot out the crime, but the lawyer blocks the door. The fire, gaining headway, the gangsters give up and run for their lives. They stand outside the window and take pot shots at the two each time they come near the window, so the lawyer breaks down the door and drags the girl through the fire and smoke to the side porch where the men will not see them. Using the ladder, he gets the girl down and away. The men think the two have not been able to escape and when the building is falling they leave. The nephew makes application for the estate. He is told to come back and when he does he is surprised to find the lawyer, the girl and policemen awaiting him. The happy pair conclude to marry at once and are happy at last.
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GenresDrama
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| Filmmakers | Role |
|---|---|
| George Terwilliger | Director |
| George Terwilliger | Writer |
| Siegmund Lubin | Producer |
| Cast | Role |
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| Ormi Hawley | |
| Earl Metcalfe | |
| Kempton Greene | |
| Edwin DeWolf |
