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For the Defense

191650mNRMovieDrama

Two playboys stumble drunkenly home, where the owner falls asleep and the other attacks the maid. The butler intervenes and a fight results in the death of the assailant. A French girl, escaping from a pimp who kidnapped her, witnesses the…

DirectorFrank Reicher
WritersMargaret Turnbull·Hector Turnbull

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Cast · Directed by Frank Reicher

FWFannie Ward
Fannie Ward
Fidele Roget
JDJack Dean
Jack Dean
Jim Webster
HCHorace B. Carpenter
Horace B. Carpenter
Henri
CACamille Astor
Camille Astor
Ninette
JNJames Neill
James Neill
Mr. Webster
GK
Gertrude Kellar
Mrs. Webster
PB
Paul Byron
Richard Madison

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For the Defense hasn't started streaming in United Kingdom yet. Based on the typical 6–8 week theatrical-to-streaming window, we estimate it will arrive around April 30, 1916. This is a prediction, not a confirmed date.