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The Hand of the Law
(1913) United States of America
B&W : Three reels
Directed by (unknown)
Cast: Tom Tynan (Thomas J. Tynan) [himself, the warden], Joe Ryan Jr. (Joe Ryan) [Joe Willard], Josephine West [Fay Hunter]
Colorado Motion Picture Company production; distributed by Warner’s Features, Incorporated. / Released December 1913. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Tynan was warden of the Colorado State Penitentiary.
Drama.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? Joe Willard escapes from prison. Although pursued by bloodhounds, he stops to save little Miss Hunter from drowning and takes her home. Fay Hunter, her sister, becomes interested in Joe and begs her father to assist him in his escape by permitting him to use her father’s horse. Her father really consents. Fay learns that Joe has been captured and returned to the prison and soon visits him. Joe tells her how he had been convicted on false testimony, and that “Butch” Holden could clear him of the charges if he wished, but “Butch” had grievances against him and refused to speak. At that time Thomas J. Tynan is appointed warden of the prison. He learns Joe’s story and designates him as a trustee. “Butch” Holden is fatally injured in an explosion. He sends for Joe and on his deathbed signs a confession exonerating Joe of any complicity in the bank robbery, and tells him where the stolen money is hidden. Fay, who has just arrived, offers to go to the deserted shack to recover the hidden money, thus proving the statement made in the confession. Rastas Judd, a negro trustee, who overheard the dying confession, is determined to escape and get the money. The race is now between Rastas and Fay. The negro convict arrives first. Fay realizes the situation and having no weapons, lassos the negro, ties him to a post and starts back with the stolen money. She reaches the prison, but is informed that the warden has gone to the Road Camp. A series of hair-raising incidents take place. Rastas is captured. Joe is pardoned and marries Fay Hunter, the girl he has learned to love.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 24 October 2022.
References: Tarbox-Lost p. 141 : Website-IMDb.
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