A growing source of silent era film information. This listing is from The Progressive Silent Film List by Carl Bennett. Copyright © 1999-2025 by Carl Bennett and the Silent Era Company. All Rights Reserved.

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A Man’s Law
(1917) United States of America
B&W : Five reels
Directed by Harry Davenport

Cast: Irving Cummings [Jules La Clerc], Ruth Sinclair (Ruth Cummings) [Ruth], Arthur Morrison [Jim Vance], Roy Applegate [Mackenzie], Baby Applegate [Baby La Clerc]

Overland Film Company production; distributed on State Rights basis by Overland Film Company. / Presented by Samuel Krellberg and Harry Berg. From a story by A.O. Huhn (Austin O. Huhn). Film editor, Tom Bret. Intertitles written by Tom Bret. / Released October 1917. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Drama: Northwoods.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 14 October 2025.

References: Website-AFI; Website-IMDb.