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A Beast at Bay

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…

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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

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