The People vs. John Doe (1916)
- Directed by
- Lois Weber
- Genre
- drama, crime
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A man on trial for murder faces the possibility of execution. The film examines the consequences of the death penalty through the legal process.
seriousintensequietcontemplativesterngrippingsilentweighty
What happens
The People vs. John Doe is a 1916 silent feature film about capital punishment co-directed by Lois Weber and Phillips Smalley. The film was released by Universal Film Manufacturing Company. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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