His Duty (1909)
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
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Frank Powell as Jack Allen |
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Owen Moore as Bob Allen |
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Kate Bruce as The Sons' Mother |
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Marion Leonard as Woman in store |
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Mary Pickford as A young woman in the street |
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David Miles as Proprietor |
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Robert Harron as One of the Children on the Street |
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Arthur V. Johnson as Man in Store |
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Violet Mersereau as One of the Children on the Street |
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Jack Pickford as One of the Children on the Street |
| Directing | D.W. Griffith | Director |
| Writing | O. Henry | Original Story |
| Writing | Frank Powell | Writer |
| Crew | Arthur Marvin | Cinematography |
| Crew | Billy Bitzer | Cinematography |
