For the Defense

Mar 12, 1916

0h 50m

★ 0.0

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.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Company

For the Defense Trailers

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Cast

Fidele Roget

Fannie Ward

Jim Webster

Jack Dean

Henri

Horace B. Carpenter

Ninette

Camille Astor

Mr. Webster

James Neill

Mrs. Webster

Gertrude Kellar

Richard Madison

Paul Byron

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