movie
The Informer
Director: D.W. Griffith
Year: 1912
Plot: The young lover leaving home at the opening of the war to join the Confederate Army, tells his brother to take care of his fatherless sweetheart during the perilous times which are to follow. But the brother weakens and fails to be true to his trust. He permits her to believe that her lover is dead. Caught in the neighborhood, however, between the lines of the enemy, the brother appears before them at the crucial moment. In retaliation the false brother turns informer. Both forces are aroused to arms and during the attack upon the girl defending her wounded lover and family alone in the negro's cabin retribution comes in the form of a stray bullet.—Moving Picture World synopsis
Original Title:
The Informer
Director:
D.W. Griffith
Writer:
George Hennessy
Type: movie
Year: 1912
Genres: Short, Drama
Cast:
W. Chrystie Miller
,
Walter Miller
,
Mary Pickford
,
Henry B. Walthall
,
Kate Bruce
,
Harry Carey
,
Dorothy Gish
,
Robert Harron
,
Lionel Barrymore
,
Elmer Booth
,
Clara T. Bracy
,
Edward Dillon
,
John T. Dillon
,
Joseph Graybill
,
Alfred Paget
,
Jack Pickford
,
W.C. Robinson
Runtimes:
18
Countries:
United States
Languages:
None
,
English
Color Info:
Black and White
Aspect Ratio: 1.33 : 1
Sound Mix:
Silent
Original Air Date: 21 Nov 1912 (USA)
Rating: 6.4
Votes: 39
Year: 1912
Akas:
El informante (Venezuela)
Production Companies:
Biograph Company
Distributors:
General Film Company
,
Moving Pictures Sales Agency
Cinematographer:
G.W. Bitzer