
Release Date
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Original Release
March 12, 1916
0h 50m
For the Defense (1916)
⭐ 0.050 min
Overview
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.
Director

Frank Reicher
Department: Acting
⭐Popularity: 1.1
Cast

Fannie Ward
Fidele Roget
⭐0.3

Jack Dean
Jim Webster
⭐0.1

Horace B. Carpenter
Henri
⭐0.8

Camille Astor
Ninette
⭐0.4

James Neill
Mr. Webster
⭐2.2
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Gertrude Kellar
Mrs. Webster
⭐1.1
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Paul Byron
Richard Madison
⭐0.4
Genres
Drama
Production Companies
Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Company