''Nine-Tenths of the Law'' is a 1918 American silent
drama film
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directed by
B. Reeves Eason
William Reeves Eason (October 2, 1886 – June 9, 1956), known as B. Reeves Eason, was an American film director, actor and screenwriter. His directorial output was limited mainly to low-budget westerns and action pictures, but it was as a secon ...
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Plot
As described in a
film magazine
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, Jules Leneau (Lewis) and his wife Jane (Maye), living in a cabin in the Northwoods, are inconsolable after the death of their infant son. Through the wicked scheme of
Mitchell Lewis as Jules Leneau
* Jimsy Maye as Jane Leneau
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B. Reeves Eason
William Reeves Eason (October 2, 1886 – June 9, 1956), known as B. Reeves Eason, was an American film director, actor and screenwriter. His directorial output was limited mainly to low-budget westerns and action pictures, but it was as a secon ...
as 'Red' Adair (credited as Reeves Eason)
* B. Reeves Eason Jr. as Little Roughneck (credited as Breezy Reeves)
* Julius Frankenburg as Pappineau
* Molly Shafer as Nurse