His Duty (1909)

Plot Summary

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.

Full Cast & Characters

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

Director & Crew

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