His Duty (1909)
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.
- Date of release
- 1909-06-03
- TMDB
- 3.9 / 10 (4)
- Runtime
- 7m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- D.W. Griffith
Casting
- Frank Powell — Jack Allen
- Owen Moore — Bob Allen
- Kate Bruce — The Sons' Mother
- Marion Leonard — Woman in store
- Mary Pickford — A young woman in the street
- David Miles — Proprietor
- Robert Harron — One of the Children on the Street
- Arthur V. Johnson — Man in Store
- Violet Mersereau — One of the Children on the Street
- Jack Pickford — One of the Children on the Street
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