For the Defense

For the Defense (1916)


  • Genre: Drama
  • Release Date: 1916-03-12
  • Runtime: 0h 50min
  • Production Company: Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Company
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Frank Reicher

Summary

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.

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  • Fannie Ward

    as Fidele Roget
  • Jack Dean

    as Jim Webster
  • Byron Paul

    as Richard Madison
  • Horace B. Carpenter

    as Henri
  • Camille Astor

    as Ninette
  • James Neill

    as Mr. Webster
  • Gertrude Kellar

    as Mrs. Webster
Writing Hector Turnbull Writer
Writing Margaret Turnbull Writer
Directing Frank Reicher Director

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