The Eye of Conscience (1911)

Harold Burton, a trusted employee of the Los Vegas Mining Company, Mexico, is in a quandary and sorely perplexed, owing to a letter from his wife, who in sympathizing with him in his struggle for fortune. The Superintendent is dangerously sick and is lying on a cot in the office. Burton believes him dead, is tempted to steal the contents of the safe, the payroll, and go back to civilization, but the ever-watchful eye of conscience awakes in him. In his ambitions for a purer and nobler manhood restoration is made, and Harold Burton is happy in the thought of conquered temptations.

Released Feb. 27, 1911 15 min None+

Genres: Drama, Short

Keywords: mdblist.one-actor, mdblist.imdb-short, imdb.mexico, imdb.mining, imdb.stolen-payroll, imdb.temptation, aspectratio.1-33-1

Production Companies: Selig Polyscope Company

Country: United States
Languages: English