The read
It runs a compact 7m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb5.3/10
4 audience votes
Key crew
- D.W. GriffithDirector
- Frank PowellWriter
Cast
- Frank PowellJack Allen
- Owen MooreBob Allen
- Kate BruceThe Sons' Mother
- Marion LeonardWoman in store
- Mary PickfordA young woman in the street
- David MilesProprietor
- Robert HarronOne of the Children on the Street
- Arthur V. JohnsonMan in Store
- Violet MersereauOne of the Children on the Street
- Jack PickfordOne of the Children on the Street