For the Defense
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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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Cast
7 people
Fannie Ward
Fidele Roget
Known for
The Cheat
Jack Dean
Jim Webster
Known for
The Cheat
Horace B. Carpenter
Henri
Known for
Maniac
Camille Astor
Ninette
Also in
For Those We Love
Greater Wealth
James Neill
Mr. Webster
Known for
The Cheat
The Ten Commandments
Gertrude Kellar
Mrs. Webster
Also in
Young Romance
The Case of Becky
Paul Byron
Richard Madison
Also in
Ashes of Remembrance
A Novel Romance
Frank Reicher Director · Hector Turnbull Writer Margaret Turnbull Writer
United States release March 12, 1916 · Produced in United States
Production
Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Company
Production
United States
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
No dialogue
Release dates
United States · March 12, 1916
Theatrical
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