The Thirteenth Juror

• 1927
• 1 hr 0 mins

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The Thirteenth Juror= was based on the stage play of the same name by Henry Irving Dodge. In one of his first character roles, Francis X. Bushman stars as Henry Desmond, an unscrupulous lawyer who specializes in rescuing criminals from the long arm of the law. Desmond is trapped in his own web when he himself is accused of a murder. He could clear himself in a minute, but that would oblige him to sully the honor of the woman he loves. Thus he employs his celebrated legal tricks in reverse, fixing it so that he'll look like the guilty party-a ruse that almost works.