A Beast at Bay (1912)
1912 · Silent film · 14 min · dir. D. W. Griffith
- Drama
- silent film
Synopsis
A young woman is quite taken with a man she met; in fact, he is her “ideal”. However, after her new suitor refuses to get mixed up in a street brawl, the young woman views him as a coward. Nearby, a violent convict has escaped from prison. While the couple takes a ride in the woman’s automobile, the criminal ambushes a guard, taking the officer’s clothing and gun. The young woman still argues her suitor is a coward, drops him off, and drives off alone. She is then carjacked by the on-the-lam criminal. The young man witnesses the ambush and sets out to rescue his lover.
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Details
- Director
- D. W. Griffith
- Writer
- George Hennessy
- Cinematography
- Billy Bitzer
- Studio
- American Mutoscope & Biograph
- Released
- 1912-05-26
- Running time
- 14 minutes
- Language
- English
- Collection
- Silent Films, Feature Films
Subjects on the Internet Archive
- silents
- Griffith
Cast & crew
D. W. Griffith Director
Marguerite Marsh
Mae Marsh
Mary Pickford
