The Informer (1912)

ALL 11/21/1912 (en) Drama 18 Min
  • Release
    11/21/1912
  • Production
    American Mutoscope & Biograph
  • Rotten tomato
    0%
  • Original title
    The Informer
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

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.

  1. D.W. Griffith

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Editor

  4. Producer



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Casts

  1. Walter Miller

    The Confederate Captain

  2. Mary Pickford

    The Confederate Captain's Sweetheart

  3. Henry B. Walthall

    The False Brother

  4. Kate Bruce

    The Mother

  5. Dorothy Gish

    The Southern Girl

  6. Robert Harron

    The Southern Boy

  7. Harry Carey

    The Confederate Corporal

  8. W. Chrystie Miller

    Union Soldier

  9. Joseph Graybill

    Union Soldier

  10. Lillian Gish

    Walk on role

  11. Lionel Barrymore

    Union Soldier

  12. Alfred Paget

    Confederate General

  13. Jack Pickford

    Negro Boy

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 13 , Crews : 2

Keyword

The Informer (1912) 18 Min

ALL 11/21/1912 (en)
Drama
  • Release 11/21/1912
  • Production
    American Mutoscope & Biograph
  • Original title The Informer
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

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.

  1. D.W. Griffith

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Editor

  4. Producer