His Duty

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.

Genre:

Drama

Duration:

7 min

Actor:

Frank Powell, Owen Moore, Kate Bruce

Quality:

HD

Director:

D.W. Griffith

Release:

1909

Country:

United States of America

IMDb:

3.9