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For the Defense

For the Defense

1916•50m•NR•Drama

Two playboys stumble drunkenly home, where the owner falls asleep and the other attacks the maid. The butler intervenes and a fight results in the death of the assailant. A French girl, escaping from a pimp who kidnapped her, witnesses the crime. The butler convinces his master he is the killer, and must flee. He joins the girl but is caught. She helps police expose the real killer by going undercover as another maid.

Margaret Turnbull · Writer

Frank Reicher · Director

Hector Turnbull · Writer

StatusReleased
Runtime50m
LanguageEN
Release DateMar 12, 1916

Actors

Fannie Ward

Fannie Ward

Fidele Roget

Jack Dean

Jack Dean

Jim Webster

Horace B. Carpenter

Horace B. Carpenter

Henri

Camille Astor

Camille Astor

Ninette

James Neill

James Neill

Mr. Webster

Gertrude Kellar

Mrs. Webster

Paul Byron

Richard Madison

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