Acquitted (1916)
Hard-working insurance company bookkeeper John Carter, comes home Easter eve to his suburban cottage with a potted lily for his loving wife and two daughters. The Carters live happily until cashier Charles Ryder is murdered by the night watchman, a "coke sniffer" in need of money, and Carter is accused because he worked with Ryder that evening.
- Date of release
- 1916-02-06
- Runtime
- 50m
- Genres
- Mystery
- Director
- Paul Powell
Casting
- Wilfred Lucas — John Carter
- Mary Alden — Mrs. Carter
- Bessie Love — Helen Carter
- 'Baby' Carmen De Rue — Nellie Carter
- Elmer Clifton — Ned Fowler
- Sam De Grasse — Ira Wolcott
Interesting facts
Acquitted is a 1916 American silent mystery film produced by the Fine Arts Film Company and distributed by Triangle Film Corporation. Paul Powell directed a screenplay by Roy Somerville based on a 1907 short story by Mary Roberts Rinehart. Tod Browning served as an uncredited writer.
Production
Bessie Love wore some of her own clothing as her wardrobe in the film.
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