His Duty

His Duty — 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.

• Release date
• June 3, 1909
• Runtime
• 7 min
• Genres
• Drama
• Director
• D.W. Griffith

His Duty — Cast

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