Duty First
(1922) United States of America
B&W : Five reels
Directed by Marcel Perez
Cast: Pete Morrison
Sanford Productions production; distributed by Sanford Productions. / Produced by [?] Frank M. Sanford? / No copyright registration. Released 1 December 1922. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Drama: Northwoods.
Synopsis: [Motion Picture News Booking Guide, April 1923, 4:44] A band of opium smugglers, with the exception of their leader, is captured by the betrayal of a dance hall girl to a private in the mounted police. The latter is ordered to get the leader and the chase proceeds to New York, where, after an exciting episode the leader again escapes to the Canadian woods. He is eventually taken in the cabin of the girl with whom the officer is in love, from which incident the title of the story is taken.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 16 October 2011.
References: Sherwood-Best p. 163 : Website-AFI.
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