A Cry for Help · 1912
A Cry for Help (1912) is a Drama film directed by D.W. Griffith, starring Lionel Barrymore, Lillian Gish, Walter Miller.
Drama
Overview
Knocked down by an automobile, the intoxicated tramp is taken to the doctor's house, received and treated to a square meal. The husband of a patient has just died, calls on the doctor, intending to kill him. The grief-crazed man is foiled several times by the return of the tramp, whom the maid at last pushes out of the house. She hears the doctor struggling with his assailant and faints. The tramp hears the doctor's cry for help and enters by a rear window, despite the objections of a policeman, in time to save his benefactor.
Cast
Lionel Barrymore, Lillian Gish, Walter Miller, Harry Carey, Claire McDowell, Robert Harron, Dorothy Gish, Christy Cabanne
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What is "A Cry for Help" about?
Knocked down by an automobile, the intoxicated tramp is taken to the doctor's house, received and treated to a square meal. The husband of a patient has just died, calls on the doctor, intending to kill him. The grief-crazed man is foiled several times by the return of the tramp, whom the maid at last pushes out of the house. She hears the doctor struggling with his assailant and faints. The tramp hears the doctor's cry for help and enters by a rear window, despite the objections of a policeman, in time to save his benefactor.
When was "A Cry for Help" released?
A Cry for Help was released in 1912.
Who stars in "A Cry for Help"?
The cast includes Lionel Barrymore, Lillian Gish, Walter Miller, Harry Carey.
