Movie

For the Defense

(en)

1916

50m

For the Defense

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.

Status: Released

Release date: March 12, 1916

Countries of origin: United States of America,

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Production company:
  • Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Company

Top Cast

Fannie Ward

Fannie Ward

as Fidele Roget

Jack Dean

Jack Dean

as Jim Webster

Horace B. Carpenter

Horace B. Carpenter

as Henri

Camille Astor

Camille Astor

as Ninette

James Neill

James Neill

as Mr. Webster