Love or Justice (1917)
50 min
Promising young lawyer Jack Dunn,, becomes a victim of drugs and loses his standing in the legal world. He passes his idle hours in the slums where he meets Nan Bishop, an underworld figure. Nan's influence helps to make a man out of Dunn and with her help he breaks his dependence on drugs and is successful in obtaining a position as a criminal lawyer. Years later, they meet again in a courtroom. Nan has been falsely accused of murder and Dunn is the prosecuting attorney. Learning that Dunn's professional future depends on his winning the case, Nan pleads guilty, but, at the last minute, the real criminal is discovered and Nan is cleared of the crime. She then accepts Dunn's offer of marriage and together they look forward to a happy future.
- Release date
- June 10, 1917
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- Louise Glaum as Nan Bishop
- Charles Gunn as Jack Dunn
- Jack Richardson as Paul Keeley
- J. Barney Sherry as Winthrop E. Haines
- Dorcas Matthews as Phyllis Geary
- Charles K. French as Judge Geary
- Louis Durham as Lieutenant Dillon
- John Gilbert as Benny
Crew
- Walter Edwards · Director
- Lambert Hillyer · Writer
- Thomas H. Ince · Producer
- Chester A. Lyons · Cinematographer