For the Defense

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.

Screenplay

Margaret Turnbull

Director

Frank Reicher

Screenplay

Hector Turnbull

Status

Released

Release date

12/03/1916

Original language

English