His Duty

Story

Synopsis

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

Writers

O. Henry, Frank Powell

Language

English

Country

United States of America

Release date

3 June 1909

Ensemble

Cast

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  Frank Powell

  Jack Allen

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  Owen Moore

  Bob Allen

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  Kate Bruce

  The Sons' Mother

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  Marion Leonard

  Woman in store

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  Mary Pickford

  A young woman in the street

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  David Miles

  Proprietor

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  Robert Harron

  One of the Children on the Street

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  Arthur V. Johnson

  Man in Store

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  Violet Mersereau

  One of the Children on the Street

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  Jack Pickford

  One of the Children on the Street