His Duty
1909 | 7m | English
Popularity: 0.1 (history)
| Director: | D.W. Griffith |
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| Writer: | O. Henry, Frank Powell |
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| 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. | |
| Release Date: | May 31, 1909 |
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| Director: | D.W. Griffith |
| Writer: | O. Henry, Frank Powell |
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| Production Companies | Biograph Company |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 19, 2026 Entered: Apr 30, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
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| 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 |
| Violet Mersereau | One of the Children on the Street |
| Jack Pickford | One of the Children on the Street |
| Name | Job |
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| D.W. Griffith | Director |
| O. Henry | Original Story |
| Frank Powell | Writer |
| Arthur Marvin | Cinematography |
| Billy Bitzer | Cinematography |
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