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The Third Degree
(1914) United States of America
B&W : Five reels
Directed by Barry O’Neil

Cast: Gaston Bell [Howard Jeffries Jr.], Robert Dunbar [Howard Jeffries Sr.], Carlotta Doti [Annie Jeffries], Robert Whittier [Robert Underwood], George Soule Spencer [Richard Brewster], Lilie Leslie (Lila Leslie) [Mrs. Howard Jeffries Sr.], Bartley McCullum [Captain Clinton], Bernard Siegel [Doctor Bernstein], Robert Graham Jr. [the bellboy]

Lubin Manufacturing Company production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated [Special Features Department]. / Scenario by Charles Klein and Barry O’Neil [?] and/or Clay M. Greene?, from the play The Third Degree by Charles Klein. Cinematography by Fred Chaston. / © 8 December 1913 by Lubin Manufacturing Company [LU1759]. Released 29 December 1913. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The play was subsequently filmed as The Third Degree (1919).

Drama.

Survival status: The film is presumed lost.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 7 October 2023.

References: Slide-Early p. 21; Tarbox-Lost pp. 150, 192 : Website-AFI; Website-IMDb.