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His Duty

Jun 3, 1909 · 7m
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Drama

PLOT

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.

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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
Directed by D.W. Griffith

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Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
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Revenue
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Production
Biograph Company
Country
US
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