Feature film — 1916
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.
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Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Company
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Director: Frank Reicher
On screen
Cast & crew

Fannie Ward
Fidele Roget

Jack Dean
Jim Webster

Horace B. Carpenter
Henri

Camille Astor
Ninette

James Neill
Mr. Webster
Gertrude Kellar
Mrs. Webster
Paul Byron
Richard Madison
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