For the Defense

For the Defense

50 mins | Drama | March 12, 1916

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.

For the Defense

50 mins | Drama | March 12, 1916

For the Defense
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.
Producers Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Company
Original title For the Defense
Directors Frank Reicher
Writers Margaret Turnbull, Hector Turnbull

Cast

Fannie Ward

as Fidele Roget

Jack Dean

as Jim Webster

Byron Paul

as Richard Madison

Camille Astor

as Ninette

James Neill

as Mr. Webster

Gertrude Kellar

as Mrs. Webster