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?
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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. Moulton, the one man known to have been there, is charged with murder and tried by district attorney Robert Murdock. Unable to afford a competent defense, Moulton is convicted and sentenced to die in an electric chair. However, Mary Reed, a stenographer who loves Moulton, appeals as a last resort to the newly elected public defender, Arthur Nelson. Nelson investigates the case and discovers evidence on the very eve of the execution, evidence that will warrant a stay. Rescued from death in the nick of time, Moulton is granted a new trial under the supervision of the public defender and is found innocent.
- Date de sortie
- 3 novembre 1917
- Pays d'origine
- États-Unis
Distribution
- Frank Keenan dans le rôle de Robert Murdock
- Alma Hanlon dans le rôle de Mary Reed
- Robert Edeson dans le rôle de Arthur Nelson
- John St. Polis dans le rôle de David Moulton
- Florence Short dans le rôle de Rose Moulton
- Louis Stern dans le rôle de Leslie Morrison
- Tex La Grove dans le rôle de Walter Holmes
- Harry Kingsley dans le rôle de Arthur Stevens
- Helen Conwell dans le rôle de 'Queenie' La Mar
- James E. Sullivan dans le rôle de Father O'Malley
Équipe technique
- Burton L. King · Réalisateur
- Mayer C. Goldman · Scénariste
- Frank W. Harris · Scénariste
- Fred Rath · Scénariste
- Harry Raver · Producteur