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Brute Force
Brute Force
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Brute Force

1914
36m
Adventure
Action
Drama

Status

Released

Release

1914

Runtime

36m

Storyline

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

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 rival tribe discovers the secret of the club themselves, and capture the women. Weakhands, sitting in despair, chances upon a new weapon: the bow and arrow.

Score Distribution

Details

Status
Released
Runtime
36m
Apr 24, 1914
Languages
No Language
Director
D.W. Griffith
D.W. Griffith
Production
Biograph Company
Biograph Company
Production Countries
United States of America

Top Cast

8 Cast Members

Robert Harron

Robert Harron

Harry Faulkner (Prologue) / Weakhands (The Old Days)

Mae Marsh

Mae Marsh

Lilywhite

William J. Butler

Priscilla's Father (Prologue)

Wilfred Lucas

Wilfred Lucas

Brute Force

Edwin Curglot

Caveman

Alfred Paget

Alfred Paget

In Club (Prologue) / Tribesman (The Old Days)

Jennie Lee

Jennie Lee

Rejected Cavewoman

Harry Carey

Harry Carey

In Womanless Tribe (The Old Days) (uncredited)

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