
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.
His Duty
Rating
3.2/10
Release Date
1909-05-31
Runtime
7 minutes
Status
Released
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

Violet Mersereau
One of the Children on the Street

Jack Pickford
One of the Children on the Street
Videos
Production Companies
American Mutoscope & Biograph