The Law of the Land (film)

The Law of the Land or Law of the Land is a 1917 silent film starring stage actress turned screen vamp Olga Petrova. The film was directed by Maurice Tourneur and produced by Jesse Lasky.

As described in a film magazine, Margaret Harding Petrova becomes the wife of Richard Harding Standing to save her mother from ruin. The only happiness in her life is her young son, and one night when Harding threatens to whip the boy to death Margaret shoots him. Geoffrey Morton Hamilton, who loves Margaret, and Margaret are charged with the crime. However, when Margaret explains to the police inspector Hatch the true state of affairs, and when her son shows marks where his father had hit him, Margaret and Geoffrey are exonerated and reunited.

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