The Avenging Conscience: or 'Thou Shalt Not Kill' (1914)
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- Not Rated
- 1h 18min
- Crime, Drama
- 24 Aug 1914 (USA)
- Movie
Prevented from dating his sweetheart by his uncle, a young man turns his thoughts to murder.
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Cast
| Henry B. Walthall | ... |
The Nephew
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| Spottiswoode Aitken | ... |
The Uncle
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| Blanche Sweet | ... |
Anabel - The Nephew's Sweetheart
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| George Siegmann | ... |
The Italian
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| Ralph Lewis | ... |
The Detective
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| Mae Marsh | ... |
The Maid
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| Robert Harron | ... |
The Grocery Boy
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| George Beranger | ... |
(as George A. Berranger)
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| Josephine Crowell | ... |
The Sweetheart's Mother (uncredited)
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| Walter Long | ... |
The Detective (uncredited)
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| Wallace Reid | ... |
The Doctor (uncredited)
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Directed by
| D.W. Griffith | ||
Written by
| Edgar Allan Poe | ... | (stories The Pit and the Pendulum, The Tell-Tale Heart) (poem "Annabel Lee") |
| D.W. Griffith | ... | () |
Produced by
| D.W. Griffith | ... | producer |
Cinematography by
| G.W. Bitzer | ... | (uncredited) |
Editing by
| James Smith | ... | (uncredited) |
| Rose Smith | ... | (uncredited) |
Camera and Electrical Department
| Karl Brown | ... | camera operator |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Mutual Film (1914) (United States) (theatrical)
- Western Import Company (1914) (United Kingdom) (theatrical)
- Kino Video (2008) (United States) (DVD)
- Bach Films (2009) (France) (DVD)
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Storyline
| Plot Summary |
Thwarted by his despotic uncle from continuing his love affair, a young man turns to thoughts of murder. Experiencing a series of visions, he sees murder as a normal course of events in life and kills his uncle. Tortured by his conscience, his future sanity is uncertain as he is assailed by nightmarish visions of what he has done.
Written by Doug Sederberg |
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| Taglines | MOST MYSTERIOUS, MASTERFUL AND SENSATIONAL MOTION DRAMA EVER DEVISED- SUGGESTED BY EDGAR ALLEN POE'S STORY OF "THE TELLTALE HEART" AND BY CERTAIN OF POE'S POEMS OF THE AFFECTIONS-INTERPRETED BY SUCH STARS AS HENRY B. WALTHALL, BLANCHE SWEET, SPOTTISWOODE AITKEN, GEORGE SEIGMANN AND RALPH LEWIS. (Print ad- Albany Evening News, ((Albany NY)) 23 July 1915) See more » |
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Did You Know?
| Trivia | Had a massive influence on young Alfred Hitchcock. See more » |
| Movie Connections | Featured in Kingdom of Shadows (1998). See more » |
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She fears something more than mere mental derangement. See more » |