Acquitted

Acquitted

Acquitted

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Acquitted

1916

0h 50m

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Mystery

Overview

Hard-working insurance company bookkeeper John Carter, comes home Easter eve to his suburban cottage with a potted lily for his loving wife and two daughters. The Carters live happily until cashier Charles Ryder is murdered by the night watchman, a "coke sniffer" in need of money, and Carter is accused because he worked with Ryder that evening.

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Triangle Film Corporation

Cast & Crew

6 members

Acting

Wilfred Lucas

John Carter

Wilfred Lucas

Acting

Mary Alden

Mrs. Carter

Mary Alden

Acting

Bessie Love

Helen Carter

Bessie Love

Acting

'Baby' Carmen De Rue

Nellie Carter

'Baby' Carmen De Rue

Directing

Elmer Clifton

Ned Fowler

Elmer Clifton

Acting

Sam De Grasse

Ira Wolcott

Sam De Grasse

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