Acquitted

Feb 6, 1916

0h 50m

★ 0.0

Overview

Hard-working insurance company bookkeeper John Carter, comes home Easter eve to his suburban cottage with a potted lily for his loving wife and two daughters. The Carters live happily until cashier Charles Ryder is murdered by the night watchman, a "coke sniffer" in need of money, and Carter is accused because he worked with Ryder that evening.

Genres

Mystery

Production Companies

Triangle Film Corporation

Acquitted Trailers

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Cast

John Carter

Wilfred Lucas

Mrs. Carter

Mary Alden

Helen Carter

Bessie Love

Nellie Carter

'Baby' Carmen De Rue

Ned Fowler

Elmer Clifton

Ira Wolcott

Sam De Grasse

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