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For the Defense

1916
Directed byFrank Reicher
0h 50m

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 WardFidele RogetJack DeanJim WebsterHorace B. Carpenter
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Camille AstorNinette
James NeillMr. Webster
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GENRES
Drama
STATUSReleased
RATING
NR

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