Public Defender
poster
Directed by	Burton L. King
Written by	Frederick Rath Mayer C. Goldman Frank W. Harris
Produced by	Harry Raver Apollo Pictures
Starring	Frank Keenan Alma Hanlon
Distributed by	State Right
Release date	November 3, 1917 (1917-11-03)
Running time	6 reels
Country	USA
Language	Silent..English titles

Public Defender is a 1917 silent film drama directed by Burton L. King with Frank Keenan.^[1]

Cast

• Frank Keenan - Robert Murdock
• Alma Hanlon - Mary Reed
• Robert Edeson - Arthur Nelson
• John St. Polis - David Moulton (*John Sainpolis)
• Florence Short - Rose Moulton
• Louis Stern - Leslie Morrison (Louis Sterns)
• Tex La Grove - Walter Holmes
• Harry Kingsley - Arthur Stevens
• Helen Conwell - Queenie La Mar
• James E. Sullivan - Father O'Malley (James Sullivan)
• F. A. Cronin - James Whalon
• John O'Keefe - John Hartley
• John K. Roberts - 'Billy' Means (J. K. Roberts)

Preservation status

• A copy of the film is preserved in a foreign archive.^[2]