The Witness for the Defense (1919)
Stars: Elsie Ferguson, Vernon Steele & Warner Oland
Director: George Fitzmaurice
Runtime: 60 minutes
Language: English subtitles -
Source: Print in Gosfilmofond archive in Moscow
Formats: DVD-
Rating: NR
The Witness for the Defense
(1919)
Directed by George Fitzmaurice
Cast
Elsie Ferguson ... Stella Derrick
Vernon Steele ... Dick Hazelwood
Warner Oland ... Captain Ballantyne
Wyndham Standing ... Henry Thresk
George Fitzgerald ... Wigney Derrick
J.H. Gilmour ... Harold Hazelwood
Amelia Summerville ... Margaret Pettifer
Cora Williams ... Teresa Derrick
Blanche Standing ... Mary Derrick
Leslie King ... Baram Singh
Charles W. Charles ... Gardner
Mrs. Bryant ... Gardner's Wife
Etienne Girardot ... Richard Pettifer
Henry Warwick ... Lawyer
The only surviving silent film of the legendary Elsie Ferguson who here plays a woman tormented by her drunken brute of a husband, until the unthinkable happens and she finds herself standing trail for his murder! 60 minutes
Produced and edited by Edward Lorusso
Dedicated to the memory of Christoper P. Jacobs
Music performed by The Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra
On DVD
$19.95