The Redeeming Sin (1929)

1929 · Short film · dir. Howard Bretherton

• Drama
• Romance

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Synopsis

At the Café du Chat Noir, Joan Billaire, a dancer, attacks Mitzi for schooling her brother, Petit, in picking pockets and is saved from a knifing by Lupine, a thief. Later, Lupine enlists Petit's aid in a robbery, and the boy is accidentally wounded by him. Joan calls on Dr. Raoul de Boise, who informs the police; and when the boy dies, she is prevented from shooting Raoul by the intervention of Father Colomb. As Joan becomes romantically involved with the doctor, the jealous Lupine wounds…

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Director

Howard Bretherton

Cast & crew

• Howard Bretherton Director
• Dolores Costello
• Conrad Nagel
• George E. Stone

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