For the Defense

For the Defense

1916•50m

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.

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Production

Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Company

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Available in Your Library

Cast

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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