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    For the Defense

    50'

    1916-03-12

    N/A

    Drama

    Overview:

    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.

    WritingMargaret TurnbullDirectingFrank Reicher

    Cast

    1

    Fidele Roget

    Fannie Ward

    1

    Jim Webster

    Jack Dean

    1

    Henri

    Horace B. Carpenter

    1

    Ninette

    Camille Astor

    1

    Mr. Webster

    James Neill

    1

    Mrs. Webster

    Gertrude Kellar

    1

    Richard Madison

    Paul Byron

    Details:

    • Budget: 0
    • Home page
    • Revenue: 0
    • List of countries:
      1. United States of America
    • List of languages:
      1. No Language
    • List of companies:
      1. Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Company
    • Vote Count: 0
    • Popularity: 0.96
    • Status: Released
    • Original title:For the Defense

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