Brute Force (1914)

1914 · Silent film · 1 min · dir. D.W. Griffith

A psychological comedy founded on the Darwinian theory of the evolution of man

• Drama

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Synopsis

A thin gent in formal wear, amid a club or party, reads a book about primitive man after he's ignored by a pretty lady. We see the book enacted: Weakhands loses his girlfriend to Bruteforce, but chances upon a design for a weapon to vanquish his rival and win her back. His tribe sees this and sets him up as their leader. With the club, he fends off various creatures (a winged lizard, a snake, a dinosaur) and a rival tribe led by Monkeywalk. The women even manage to repel an attack. But the…

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Details

Director

D.W. Griffith

Writer

Frank E. Woods

Studio

Biograph Company

Released

1914-04-24

Running time

1 minutes

Cast & crew

• D.W. Griffith Director
• Robert Harron
• Mae Marsh
• WWilliam J. Butler
• Wilfred Lucas
• EEdwin Curglot
• Alfred Paget
• Jennie Lee
• Harry Carey

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