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For the Defense (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.

  • Drama

Top billed cast

  • Photo of Fannie WardFannie WardFidele Roget
  • Photo of Jack DeanJack DeanJim Webster
  • Photo of Horace B. CarpenterHorace B. CarpenterHenri
  • Photo of Camille AstorCamille AstorNinette
  • Photo of James NeillJames NeillMr. Webster
  • Photo of Gertrude KellarGertrude KellarMrs. Webster
  • Photo of Paul ByronPaul ByronRichard Madison

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