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For the Defense
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0.0Two 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.
Released: 1916-03-1250 minDir: Frank ReicherDrama
Cast
- Fannie Ward as Fidele Roget
- Jack Dean as Jim Webster
- Horace B. Carpenter as Henri
- Camille Astor as Ninette
- James Neill as Mr. Webster
- Gertrude Kellar as Mrs. Webster
Themes
- new york city
- kidnapping
- murder
- white slavery
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- silent film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Director
- Frank Reicher
- Cast member
- Jack Dean
- Duration
- 50
- Image
- Fannie Ward and Jack Dean in For the Defense (1916).jpg
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- publication date
- 1916-01-01
- title
- For the Defense
- aspect ratio (W:H)
- 4:3
- color
- black-and-white
- distributed by
- Paramount Pictures
- copyright status
- public domain
- Commons category
- For the Defense (1916 film)
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