Dark Stairways (1924)

When Sheldon Polk's father, a banker, makes a loan to businessman Frank Farnsworth, Sheldon is sent to deliver the money. However, he is attacked and robbed before he can deliver the funds. Circumstantial evidence leads the police to arrest Sheldon for the robbery, he is convicted and sent to prison. He escapes in order to clear his name and discover who framed him for the robbery and then murdered his father.