Do Your Duty

Do Your Duty (1928)

One Big Prolonged Whoopie!

While patrolling his New York City beat, Sgt. Tim Maloney is knocked out by the Dalton gang, which was about to pull a robbery when he came along. They pour a bottle of whiskey over his unconscious body, then commit the robbery. When Maloney wakes up, still groggy from being knocked out, he stumbles out into the street, and the combination of his grogginess and the smell of whiskey leads to him being charged with being drunk on duty. He must clear his name and bring the criminal gang to justice.

Date of release
1928-10-14
TMDB
7.0 / 10 (1)
Runtime
1h 10m
Genres
Comedy
Director
William Beaudine

Casting

Interesting facts

Do Your Duty is a 1928 American silent comedy film directed by William Beaudine. The film was originally planned to be a part-talkie but this was quickly abandoned when Warner Bros. Pictures acquired control of First National in September 1928. The film was unceremoniously released as a silent. Charlie Murray was dropped from the First National roster and three films that had been already planned by First National as starring vehicles for Charlie Murray before the acquisition were cancelled. This was a lost film until March 8, 2023, when a fragment running 1 minute and 30 seconds was rediscovered.

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