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.
- Data di uscita
- 1909-06-03
- TMDB
- 3.9 / 10 (4)
- Durata
- 7 min
- Generi
- Dramma
- Regista
- D.W. Griffith
Cast
- 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
Curiosità
His Duty è un cortometraggio muto del 1909 diretto da David W. Griffith. Tratto da un racconto di O. Henry, fu uno dei primi film interpretati da Mary Pickford.
Produzione
Prodotto dalla Biograph Company, il film fu girato a Edgewater, New Jersey.
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