The Informer (1912)
Synopsis
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.
Release Date: 1912-11-21
Runtime: 18 minutes
Director: D.W. Griffith
Top Cast
- Walter Miller as The Confederate Captain
- Mary Pickford as The Confederate Captain's Sweetheart
- Henry B. Walthall as The False Brother
- Kate Bruce as The Mother
- Dorothy Gish as The Southern Girl
- Robert Harron as The Southern Boy
- Harry Carey as The Confederate Corporal
- W. Chrystie Miller as Union Soldier
- Joseph Graybill as Union Soldier
- Lillian Gish as Walk on role
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