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Feature film — 1916

For the Defense (1916)

0.00h 50mDrama

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

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Cast & crew

Fannie Ward as Fidele Roget

Fannie Ward

Fidele Roget

Jack Dean as Jim Webster

Jack Dean

Jim Webster

Horace B. Carpenter as Henri

Horace B. Carpenter

Henri

Camille Astor as Ninette

Camille Astor

Ninette

James Neill as Mr. Webster

James Neill

Mr. Webster

G

Gertrude Kellar

Mrs. Webster

P

Paul Byron

Richard Madison

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