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And the Law Says

11/06/1916

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0hr 50min

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Drama

STORY

Under an assumed name, law student Lawrence Kirby courts the daughter of Dr. Cartmell. When she becomes pregnant, however, Lawrence leaves town to escape the responsibility of rearing his illegitimate child. Years later Kirby, now a judge and a stern proponent of capital punishment, unknowingly sentences his innocent son to death in the electric chair on the basis of circumstantial evidence. As the youth is about to be executed, his identity is revealed and the horrified Kirby relents. The judge's plea for mercy is ignored, however, and his son electrocuted. Immediately afterwards, Dr. Cartmell, a longstanding opponent of the death penalty, revives the lad and restores him to his mother.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Richard Bennett
  • George Periolat
  • Adrienne Morrison
  • Allan Forrest
  • William A. Carroll

    INFORMATION

      Production Companies

    • American Film Manufacturing Company

      Production Countries

    • United States of America

    LANGUAGES

    • No Language

    Cast

    Richard Bennett

    Lawrence Kirby

    George Periolat

    Dr. Cartmell

    Adrienne Morrison

    Cartmell's daughter

    Allan Forrest

    Kirby's son

    William A. Carroll

    Torry