The Public Defender (1917)
A powerful plea for justice. The scales weigh the balance-on one side "Justice for the Rich"-on the other side "Ignominy for the poor." On which side will it balance?
1917 · 1h 0m · Drama, Crime
Genres: Drama, Crime
When bank president Leslie Morrison dips into the till, he seeks to place the blame on bank clerk David Moulton by altering the figures in Moulton's books. He lays his plan carefully, but upon leaving the building late one night, Morrison falls into an elevator shaft and is killed.
Director: Burton L. King
Writers: Fred Rath, Mayer C. Goldman, Frank W. Harris
Cast
Frank Keenan as Robert MurdockAlma Hanlon as Mary ReedRobert Edeson as Arthur NelsonJohn St. Polis as David MoultonFlorence Short as Rose MoultonLouis Stern as Leslie MorrisonTex La Grove as Walter HolmesHarry Kingsley as Arthur StevensHelen Conwell as 'Queenie' La MarJames E. Sullivan as Father O'MalleyF.A. Cronin as James WhalonJohn O'Keefe as John HartleyMore like this
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