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.
- Released
- 1909-06-03
- Genres
- Drama
- Runtime
- 7 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- D.W. Griffith
- TMDB rating
- 3.9/10 from 4 votes
Cast
- Frank Powell as Jack Allen
- Owen Moore as Bob Allen
- Kate Bruce as The Sons' Mother
- Marion Leonard as Woman in store
- Mary Pickford as A young woman in the street
- David Miles as Proprietor
- Robert Harron as One of the Children on the Street
- Arthur V. Johnson as Man in Store
- Violet Mersereau as One of the Children on the Street
- Jack Pickford as One of the Children on the Street