Name: The Sin Ye Do
Released: 1916
Cast: Frank Keenan, Margery Wilson, David M. Hartford, Margaret Thompson, Howard Hickman

Cast & Crew

Film Details

Release Date

Dec 16, 1916

Premiere Information

not available

Production Company

New York Motion Picture Corp.; Kay-Bee

Distribution Company

Triangle Film Corp.

Country

United States

Technical Specs

Sound

Silent

Color

Black and White

Theatrical Aspect Ratio

1.33 : 1

Film Length

5 reels

Synopsis

Lawyer and ladies' man Barret Steele at first refuses to defend Alice Ward, who killed Dace Whitlock when he tried to rape her. Then, Barret's long-estranged wife, Mary Ward, tells him that Alice is his own daughter, thereby changing the lawyer's mind about serving as her counsel. Afterward, Robert Darrow, whose wife Rose has been having an affair with Barret, comes to kill the attorney, but Barret, aware that he deserves punishment, convinces Robert to postpone the murder until after the trial. In court, to define Dace's character, Barret bares his own unsavory past, after which the jury acquits Alice. Barret then gives himself up to Robert, but instead of killing him, Robert tells him to go back to Mary and Alice, advice which Barret quickly follows.