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Acquitted (1916)
50 min | Drama

Acquitted (1916)

50 min | Drama

Hard-working insurance-company bookkeeper John Carter comes home on Easter eve to his suburban cottage with a potted lily for his loving wife and two daughters. The Carters live happily until cashier Charles Ryder is murdered by the night ...See moreHard-working insurance-company bookkeeper John Carter comes home on Easter eve to his suburban cottage with a potted lily for his loving wife and two daughters. The Carters live happily until cashier Charles Ryder is murdered by the night watchman, a "coke-sniffer" in need of money, and Carter is accused because he worked with Ryder that evening. During intense third-degree police questioning, Carter acts guilty, but cub reporter Ned Fowler, who loves Carter's daughter Helen, intervenes. After the watchman, arrested for fighting and in need of drugs, confesses, Carter is released, but insurance company president Ira Wolcott will not reinstate him because of his notoriety. During the next year, Carter fails to find work because of his age. As Easter approaches and his life-insurance premium comes due, Carter decides to kill himself in a gas-filled hotel room so that his starving family can collect the insurance money. When Carter's little daughter Nellie strays into Wolcott's yard, Wolcott learns about Carter's plight and rescues him. Carter returns to work, and Helen becomes engaged to Ned. Written by Pamela Short See less

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10 cast members

Name	Known for
Wilfred Lucas John Carter John Carter See fewer	Modern Times (1936)
Mary Alden Mrs. Carter Mrs. Carter See fewer	The Birth of a Nation (1915)
Bessie Love Helen Carter Helen Carter See fewer	The Broadway Melody (1929)
'Baby' Carmen De Rue Nellie Carter (as Carmen De Rue) Nellie Carter (as Carmen De Rue) See fewer	The Squaw Man (1914)
Elmer Clifton Ned Fowler Ned Fowler See fewer	The Secret of Treasure Island (1938)
Sam De Grasse Ira Wolcott Ira Wolcott See fewer	The Man Who Laughs (1928)
W.J. Freemont Night Watchman Night Watchman See fewer	Acquitted (1916)
Spottiswoode Aitken Charles Ryder Charles Ryder See fewer	The Birth of a Nation (1915)
James O'Shea Police Chief Police Chief See fewer	The Yankee Way (1917)
F.A. Turner Police Captain Police Captain See fewer	Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1917)