The Third Degree is a 1919 American silent crime drama directed by Tom Terriss produced and distributed by the Vitagraph Company of America.

Howard Jr. marries Annie Sands (Joyce), who had been a lovely waitress in the college town.

This sound awakes Howard Jr., who is captured by the police and, under the hypnotic strain of the third degree, confesses to murder.

When it is learned that a young woman had called on Underwood, the police try to pin the crime on Annie.

She suspects that it was the other Mrs. Jeffries, and gets her to provide evidence to show that it was a suicide, but, to protect her fellow relative, Annie allows the police to believe that she had made the visit.