His Duty (1909)

ALL 05/31/1909 (en) 7 Min
  • Release
    05/31/1909
  • Production
  • Rotten tomato
    40%
  • Original title
    His Duty
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

Overview

It's Bob Allen's twenty-first birthday. His mother and his brother Jack, a policeman present him with a cap, personalized with his initals in the lining. Jack then goes to work and Bob goes out also. Later in the evening, Jack is called to the scene of a robbery, where he finds the cap with his brother's initials. Dismayed by the idea that his brother is a thief, he goes home and confronts Bob with the evidence. Though it breaks their mother's heart, Jack does his duty and leads his brother out in handcuffs.

  1. D.W. Griffith

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Editor

  4. Producer



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  1. Frank Powell

    Jack Allen

  2. Owen Moore

    Bob Allen

  3. Kate Bruce

    The Sons' Mother

  4. Marion Leonard

    Woman in store

  5. Mary Pickford

    A young woman in the street

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 5 , Crews : 1

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His Duty (1909) 7 Min

ALL 05/31/1909 (en)
  • Release 05/31/1909
  • Production
  • Original title His Duty
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

Overview

It's Bob Allen's twenty-first birthday. His mother and his brother Jack, a policeman present him with a cap, personalized with his initals in the lining. Jack then goes to work and Bob goes out also. Later in the evening, Jack is called to the scene of a robbery, where he finds the cap with his brother's initials. Dismayed by the idea that his brother is a thief, he goes home and confronts Bob with the evidence. Though it breaks their mother's heart, Jack does his duty and leads his brother out in handcuffs.

  1. D.W. Griffith

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Editor

  4. Producer