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Love or Justice (1917)

Directed by Walter Edwards

Overview

Promising young lawyer Jack Dunn,, becomes a victim of drugs and loses his standing in the legal world. He passes his idle hours in the slums where he meets Nan Bishop, an underworld figure. Nan’s influence helps to make a man out of Dunn and with her help he breaks his dependence on drugs and is successful in obtaining a position as a criminal lawyer. Years later, they meet again in a courtroom. Nan has been falsely accused of murder and Dunn is the prosecuting attorney. Learning that Dunn’s professional future depends on his winning the case, Nan pleads guilty, but, at the last minute, the real criminal is discovered and Nan is cleared of the crime. She then accepts Dunn’s offer of marriage and together they look forward to a happy future.

Rated NR | Length 63 minutes

Actors

Louise Glaum | Charles Gunn | Jack Richardson | J. Barney Sherry | Dorcas Matthews | Charles K. French | Louis Durham | John Gilbert