The Informer

The Informer

1912
18m
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Overview

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.

Status: Released

Language: EN

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Production Information

Production Companies
American Mutoscope & Biograph
Production Countries
United States of America
Spoken Languages
No Language

Quick Facts

Release Date November 21, 1912
Status Released
Language EN
IMDb ID tt0002277

Cast

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

Key Crew

D.W. Griffith
Director
George Hennessy
Writer

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