In the Name of the Law (1922)
Drama | 20 August 1922
Director:
Emory JohnsonWriter:
Emilie JohnsonCinematographers:
Ross Fisher, Henry SharpProduction Company:
Emory Johnson ProductionsA studio chart in the 29 Jul 1922 Camera noted that the film, then titled The Discard, was in its third week of production.
According to the Sep 1922 Photodramatist, director Emory Johnson was finishing up The Discard, with Johnny Walker, Ralph Lewis, and Virginia Boardman. However, Virginia Boardman was not listed in credits.
Copyright records give the policeman's family name as "O'Hare." ...
A studio chart in the 29 Jul 1922 Camera noted that the film, then titled The Discard, was in its third week of production.
According to the Sep 1922 Photodramatist, director Emory Johnson was finishing up The Discard, with Johnny Walker, Ralph Lewis, and Virginia Boardman. However, Virginia Boardman was not listed in credits.
Copyright records give the policeman's family name as "O'Hare."
A law student, the son of a respected San Francisco policeman, is falsely accused by his landlord of theft. In an attempt to repay the debt, the family is led through a set of occurrences culminating when the father unknowingly shoots his other son during a bank robbery. All is unraveled in a final courtroom ...
A law student, the son of a respected San Francisco policeman, is falsely accused by his landlord of theft. In an attempt to repay the debt, the family is led through a set of occurrences culminating when the father unknowingly shoots his other son during a bank robbery. All is unraveled in a final courtroom scene.
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