His Duty (1909)

His Duty

1909

Drama

Synopsis

It's Bob Allen's twenty-first birthday. His mother and his brother Jack, a policeman present him with a cap, personalized with his initals in the lining. Jack then goes to work and Bob goes out also. Later in the evening, Jack is called to the scene of a robbery, where he finds the cap with his brother's initials. Dismayed by the idea that his brother is a thief, he goes home and confronts Bob with the evidence. Though it breaks their mother's heart, Jack does his duty and leads his brother out in handcuffs.

Credits

Director

D.W. Griffith

Cast

Arthur V. Johnson as Man in Store

David Miles as Proprietor

Frank Powell as Jack Allen

Jack Pickford as One of the Children on the Street

Kate Bruce as The Sons' Mother

Marion Leonard as Woman in store

Mary Pickford as A young woman in the street

Owen Moore as Bob Allen