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His Duty (1909)

May 31, 1909 (US) Drama • 7m

Overview

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.

Director

D.W. Griffith

Writer

Frank Powell

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Frank Powell

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Top Billed Cast

Frank Powell
Frank Powell

Jack Allen

Owen Moore
Owen Moore

Bob Allen

Kate Bruce
Kate Bruce

The Sons' Mother

Marion Leonard
Marion Leonard

Woman in store

Mary Pickford
Mary Pickford

A young woman in the street

David Miles
David Miles

Proprietor

Robert Harron
Robert Harron

One of the Children on the Street

Violet Mersereau
Violet Mersereau

One of the Children on the Street

Jack Pickford
Jack Pickford

One of the Children on the Street

Crew
O. Henry
O. Henry

Original Story

Arthur Marvin
Arthur Marvin

Cinematography

Billy Bitzer
Billy Bitzer

Cinematography



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Status

Released

Original Language

EN

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