A Beast at Bay
5.9
A young woman is quite taken with a man she met; in fact, he is her “ideal”. However, after her new suitor refuses to get mixed up in a street brawl, the young woman views him as a coward. Nearby, a violent convict has escaped from prison. While the couple takes a ride in the woman’s automobile, the criminal ambushes a guard, taking the officer’s clothing and gun. The young woman still argues her suitor is a coward, drops him off, and drives off alone. She is then carjacked by the on-the-lam criminal. The young man witnesses the ambush and sets out to rescue his lover.
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Cast
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Mary Pickford
The Young Woman
Known for
The Lonely Villa
Edwin August
The Young Woman's Ideal
Also in
The Song That Reached His Heart
The Lesser Evil
Alfred Paget
The Convict
Known for
The Musketeers of Pig Alley
Robert Harron
A Farmer
Known for
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
The Birth of a Nation
Mae Marsh
The Young Woman's Friend
Known for
The Birth of a Nation
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
William A. Carroll
Also in
The Battle at Elderbush Gulch
The Old Actor
Henry Lehrman
Known for
Kid Auto Races at Venice
A Corner in Wheat
W.C. Robinson
Known for
The Musketeers of Pig Alley
The Lonedale Operator
Charles West
Also in
In the Border States
The Female of the Species
Christy Cabanne
Also in
The House of Darkness
The Wanderer
D.W. Griffith Director · George Hennessy Writer Billy Bitzer Cinematographer
United States release May 26, 1912 · Produced in United States
Production
American Mutoscope & Biograph
Production
United States
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
No dialogue
Release dates
United States · May 26, 1912
Theatrical
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