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  Alice Joyce (left center).
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Within the Law
Also known as Who Shall Cast the First Stone in the USA
(1917) United States of America
B&W : Nine reels
Directed by William P.S. Earle

Cast: Alice Joyce [Mary Turner], Harry Morey (Harry T. Morey) [Joe Garson], Adele de Garde [Aggie Lynch], Anders Randolf (Anders Randolph) [Mr. Gilder], Walter McGrail [Dick Gilder], Eugene O’Rourke [Inspector Burke], Billie Billings [Helen Morris], Grace Bunce [Sarah], Joe Donohue (Joseph Donohue) [Detective Cassidy], Bernard Randall [English Eddie], Bernard Seigel (Bernard Siegel) [Tom Dacey], Robert Gaillard [District Attorney Demarest], Blanche Earle, Victor A. Stewart

The Vitagraph Company of America production; distributed by Greater Vitagraph, Incorporated [A Special Vitagraph Blue Ribbon Feature]. / Scenario by Eugene Mullin, from the play Within the Law by Bayard Veiller. Production supervision by J. Stuart Blackton. Artistic effects by Ferdinand Earle (Ferdinand P. Earle). Cinematography by Clark R. Nickerson. Film editor, Viola Mallory (Viola Lawrence). Presented by The Vitagraph Company of America. / © 28 April 1917 by The Vitagraph Company of America [LP10689]. Premiere, 29 April 1917. General release, 14 May 1917. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The play was previously filmed as Within the Law (1916). The play was subsequently filmed as Within the Law (1923).

Drama: Crime.

Survival status: The film is presumed lost.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 9 August 2023.

References: Edmonds-BigU p. 58; Slide-BigV p. 292 : Website-AFI; Website-IMDb.

 
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