Capital Punishment (1925) Plot Summary Explained

Release, runtime and language

1925 · 67 mins · English

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Directed by

James P. Hogan

Starring

Alec B. Francis, Clara Bow, Margaret Livingston, George Nichols, George Hackathorne, Elliott Dexter

Although not built as a Clara Bow star vehicle, her presence lifts the film into a social critique. It opens on death row with a young man awaiting execution. Society lawyer Gordon Harrington stages a fake murder, framing Dan O’Connor as a scapegoat, while a playboy hides on a yacht. When the playboy is killed, O’Connor becomes the condemned murderer, exposing the legal system’s flaws.