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Obey the Law is a american film of genre Drama released in USA on 5 november 1926 with Bert Lytell
Obey the Law (1926)
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Add to a movie listObey The Law is a 1926 silent film adventure-drama made by the Cohn brothers, Jack and Harry Cohn, and Al Raboch. The picture stars Bert Lytell and was released through the Cohns' fledgling company Columbia Pictures. The Library of Congress holds a print of this film.
Actors
Bert Lytell
Edna Murphy
(The Daughter)
Eugenia Gilbert
(The Girl)
Hedda Hopper
(The Society Woman)
Larry Kent
(The Friend)
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