Brute Force

Brute Force

1914
36m
5.3

5.3/10

3 votes • View on IMDb

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

Overview

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.

Status: Released

Language: EN

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Production Information

Production Companies
Biograph Company
Production Countries
United States of America
Spoken Languages
No Language

Keywords

Quick Facts

Release Date April 24, 1914
Status Released
Language EN
IMDb ID tt0002719

Cast

Robert Harron
Robert Harron

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

Mae Marsh
Mae Marsh

Lilywhite

William J. Butler
William J. Butler

Priscilla's Father (Prologue)

Wilfred Lucas
Wilfred Lucas

Brute Force

Edwin Curglot
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)

Key Crew

D.W. Griffith
Director
Frank E. Woods
Writer