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The Witness for the Defense

The Witness for the Defense

1919Movie⏱️ 50m
CrimeDrama
7.6
IMDB Rating
62 votes

Stella Derrick is tried for the murder of her vicious husband. She is saved, apparently, by the false testimony of Henry Thresk. But Thresk has motives and malevolent plans of his own.

Director
George Fitzmaurice
Writers
A.E.W. Mason, Ouida Bergère
Stars
Elsie Ferguson, Vernon Steele, Warner Oland
Release Date
September 14, 1919
Language
None, English
Country
United States
💬 3
Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

Elsie Ferguson
Elsie Ferguson
as Stella Derrick
Vernon Steele
Vernon Steele
as Dick Hazelwood
Warner Oland
Warner Oland
as Captain Ballantyne
Wyndham Standing
Wyndham Standing
as Henry Thresk
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George Fitzgerald
as Wigney Derrick
J.H. Gilmour
J.H. Gilmour
as Harold Hazelwood
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Amelia Summerville
as Margaret Pettifer
Cora Williams
Cora Williams
as Teresa Derrick
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Blanche Standing
as Mary Derrick
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Leslie King
as Baram Singh

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.33 : 1
Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Production
Paramount Pictures

🏷️ Keywords

murderbattered womanself defenseblackmailindia

🎯 Categories

CrimeDrama

⭐ Featured Review

Only Surviving Film With Elsie Ferguson Shows Her Off
by boblipton2020-08-13
6/10

"Elsie Ferguson and the boy next door, Vernon Steele, are in love. His father wants him to marry a wealthy woman, any rich woman, so he can go into Parliament. Her father wants her to come to India and marry Warner Oland, so he can have a comfortable old age. So, like a dope, she goes; daddy kicks off -- probably from the debilitating life he spent in India instead of making his own fortune -- and Warner Oland turns out to be a sadist with the heebie-jeebies. While they're on a hunting party, rake Wyndham Standing shows up, witnesses Oland's delusions, and hears about the natives who ..."

💡 Did You Know?

Print of this film survives in Gosfilmofond in Moscow, Russia.

📖 Synopsis

Stella Derrick is tried for the murder of her vicious husband. She is saved, apparently, by the false testimony of Henry Thresk. But Thresk has motives and malevolent plans of his own.