CinemaOSMovie · 1916 · 0h 50m · NR

For the Defense

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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.

Directed byFrank Reicher

Play
Status
Released
Runtime
0h 50m
Language
EN
Released
March 12, 1916
Studios
Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Company

Featuring

Cast & crew

7 credited
Starring
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

Creative team
Directed by
Frank Reicher
Frank Reicher
Written by
Hector Turnbull
Margaret Turnbull
Margaret Turnbull

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