Blind Justice
About Blind Justice
On New Year's Eve, escaped convict Strong Henry Sikes breaks into Ranton Manor with his baby and begs Ann for milk. She agrees. The guests use her to trap him. He swears he will put a rope around her neck. Fourteen years later Ann is married to Dr. Richard West and is raising adopted son Bob. Henry, released and half-lost, is pulled into a burglary and finds Ann's jewel box among the loot. He lures the doctor out with a fake call, locks Bob in a cupboard, and goes after Ann. Police shoot him at the country house. A circus elephant trainer has already confessed to the murder Henry was jailed for. Bob is Henry's son. Henry dies in bed with the Wests beside him.
Cast & crew
More about Blind Justice
Benjamin Christensen wrote, directed, produced, and played Strong Henry. The Danish title is Hævnens nat. Johan Ankerstjerne photographed it. The English Wikipedia dates the release 25 September 1916 and the length at 100 minutes. In American prints Christensen is billed as Benjamin Christie, and Karen Caspersen, who plays Ann, is billed as Katherine Sanders.
Themes
Look
Johan Ankerstjerne photographed the film.
Preservation
Prints are at the Danish Film Institute (Det Danske Filminstitut).
Notes
- Peter Fjelstrup plays Dr. Richard West in the American version.
- Charles Wilken plays Professor Wilken, the elephant trainer who confesses on his deathbed.
- Karen Caspersen is credited as Karen Sandberg on Danish prints.
- Prints are held by the Danish Film Institute.
- The literal English of the Danish title is Revenge Night.
Scenes
- Party guests push Ann into the kitchen so Henry will walk into the arrest.
- Henry finds her jewel box in the burglars' haul and remembers the threat he made fourteen years earlier.
Also available
- Internet Archive (silent-blind-justice)
