The Black Viper (1908)

1908 · Silent film · 10 min · dir. D.W. Griffith

• Drama
• Crime

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Synopsis

A thug accosts a girl as she leaves her workplace but a man rescues her. The thug vows revenge and, with the help of two friends, attacks the girl and her rescuer again as they're going for a walk. This time they succeed in kidnapping the rescuer. The girl runs home and gets help from several neighbors. They track the ruffians down to a cabin in the mountains where the gang has trapped their victim and set the cabin on fire.

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Details

Director

D.W. Griffith

Studio

American Mutoscope and Biograph Company

Released

1908-07-21

Running time

10 minutes

Cast & crew

• D.W. Griffith Director
• Edward Dillon
• George Gebhardt
• Mack Sennett
• D.W. Griffith
• AAnthony O'Sullivan

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