The Witness for the Defense (1919)

Stars: Elsie Ferguson, Vernon Steele & Warner Oland
Director: George Fitzmaurice
Runtime: 60 minutes
Language: English subtitles - music score
Source: Print in  Gosfilmofond archive in Moscow
Formats:  DVD-R and Blu-ray BD-R (region free)
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