For the Defense (1916)

For the Defense

1916

Drama

Synopsis

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.

Credits

Director

Frank Reicher

Cast

Camille Astor as Ninette

Fannie Ward as Fidele Roget

Gertrude Kellar as Mrs. Webster

Horace B. Carpenter as Henri

Jack Dean as Jim Webster

James Neill as Mr. Webster

Paul Byron as Richard Madison

Crew