His Duty

(1909)

★ 3.9 IMDb · 4 votes

Genres: Drama

Year: 1909

Runtime: 7 мин

Country: United States of America

Director: Дэвид Уорк Гриффит

Cast: Frank Powell, Оуэн Мур, Kate Bruce, Marion Leonard, Мэри Пикфорд, David Miles, Robert Harron, Arthur V. Johnson, Violet Mersereau, Джек Пикфорд

Plot

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.