An Unseen Enemy
6.4
“TRAGEDY AND TORMENT...INNOCENCE ASSAILED...An Exceptional Photoplay”
The physician's death orphans his two adolescent daughters. Their older brother is able to convert some of the doctor's small estate to cash. But it is late in the day, and with the banks closed he stores the money in his father's household safe. The slatternly housekeeper, aware of the money, enlists a criminal acquaintance to crack the safe. She attempts to get into the adjacent room where the sisters tremble in fear, but finds that the door is locked. The drunken housekeeper menaces them by brandishing a gun through a hole in the wall.
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Cast
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Lillian Gish
Eldest Sister
Known for
The Night of the Hunter
The Birth of a Nation
Dorothy Gish
Youngest Sister
Known for
Orphans of the Storm
The Cardinal
Robert Harron
The Boyfriend
Known for
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
The Birth of a Nation
Elmer Booth
The Brother
Known for
The Musketeers of Pig Alley
Grace Henderson
The Maid
Known for
A Corner in Wheat
Harry Carey
The Safecracker
Known for
Red River
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Adolph Lestina
In Boardinghouse (uncredited)
Known for
The Musketeers of Pig Alley
Walter Miller
The Brother's Friend (uncredited)
Known for
The Musketeers of Pig Alley
Antonio Moreno
On Bridge (uncredited)
Known for
Creature from the Black Lagoon
The Searchers
D.W. Griffith Director · Edward Acker Screenplay Billy Bitzer Cinematographer
United States release September 9, 1912 · Produced in United States · Production American Mutoscope & Biograph
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Biograph Company
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American Mutoscope & Biograph
Production
United States
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
No dialogue
Release dates
United States · September 9, 1912
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