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Retribution (1915)
Short | Short, Drama, Western

Retribution (1915)

Short | Short, Drama, Western

Senator Cullom faces not only political and financial ruin, but it is in the power of the Governor to send him to prison. The Governor demands Mary, the beautiful daughter of the Senator, as the price of his assistance. Broken-hearted and ...See moreSenator Cullom faces not only political and financial ruin, but it is in the power of the Governor to send him to prison. The Governor demands Mary, the beautiful daughter of the Senator, as the price of his assistance. Broken-hearted and in despair, Mary's father tells her that he is ruined unless she marries the Governor. Mary says that she hates Rann and will never marry him. Jim, Mary's lover has called, and while Mary is telling him about her father, the Governor is in his office with Waldo, a mysterious young hunchback, of whom the Governor seems to be afraid. He gives Waldo money and the hunchback exits sneeringly, showing that he is conscious of his power over the chief executive of the state. Mary returns to her father just in time to prevent him from shooting himself. She compels him to tell her the whole story and then says she will marry the Governor in order to save her father. En route to the Governor to make a personal appeal to him, her automobile strikes down Waldo. She cares for him. Later she learns from the Governor that she must pay the price for her father's salvation. Returning home, she tells Jim that she cannot marry him. The Governor, while on his way to Mary's home, is spied upon by Waldo and followed. Jim, Mary's lover, is persistent, and has called to plead with Mary, and the two men meet, while the hunchback witnesses Mary's ill-hidden despair. Mary is sobbing in her grief when Waldo shyly approaches. He touches her shoulder, and in his dog-like devotion, comforts her. Touched by his sympathy, Mary tells him the cause of her grief, that she loves Jim and must marry the Governor. Waldo calls again at the Governor's office and tells him that he shall not marry Mary. Waldo is offered money, but will not accept it. The Governor's hired assassins follow Waldo and shoot him down at the door of his garret. He is not killed but remains in hiding until the day of the wedding. Just as Mary and the Governor are to be wedded, Waldo followed by Jim appears and cries: "He ruined my mother and then killed her and I have kept his secret, because I am his son." The Governor slips away, and in his private office takes his own life. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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5 cast members

Name	Known for
Guy Oliver Jim - a Reporter Jim - a Reporter See fewer	Only the Brave (1930)
Stella Razeto Mary Cullum Mary Cullum See fewer	Memories (1914)
Fred Huntley Senator Cullum Senator Cullum See fewer	The Ne'er Do Well (1915)
George Hernandez Governor Rann Governor Rann See fewer	Just Out of College (1920)
Scott R. Dunlap Waldo Waldo See fewer	Twins of Suffering Creek (1920)