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A Beast at Bay (1912)
Directed by D.W. Griffith
Overview
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.
Rated G | Length 13 minutes
Actors
Mary Pickford | Edwin August | Alfred Paget | Robert Harron | Mae Marsh | William A. Carroll | Henry Lehrman | W.C. Robinson | Charles West | Christy Cabanne