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The Informer
The Informer
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The Informer

1912
18m
Drama

Status

Released

Release

1912

Runtime

18m

Storyline

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.

Score Distribution

Details

Status
Released
Runtime
18m
Nov 21, 1912
Languages
No Language
Director
D.W. Griffith
D.W. Griffith
Production
American Mutoscope & Biograph
American Mutoscope & Biograph
Production Countries
United States of America

Top Cast

13 Cast Members

Walter Miller

Walter Miller

The Confederate Captain

Mary Pickford

Mary Pickford

The Confederate Captain's Sweetheart

Henry B. Walthall

Henry B. Walthall

The False Brother

Kate Bruce

Kate Bruce

The Mother

Dorothy Gish

Dorothy Gish

The Southern Girl

Robert Harron

Robert Harron

The Southern Boy

Harry Carey

Harry Carey

The Confederate Corporal

W. Chrystie Miller

W. Chrystie Miller

Union Soldier

Joseph Graybill

Joseph Graybill

Union Soldier

Lillian Gish

Lillian Gish

Walk on role

Lionel Barrymore

Lionel Barrymore

Union Soldier

Alfred Paget

Alfred Paget

Confederate General

Jack Pickford

Jack Pickford

Negro Boy

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