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Release Year1912
Runtime0h 11m
LanguageNo Language
CertificationNR
GenresDrama
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Director—
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TypeFeature Film
Rating8.0 out of 10
Cast5 credited
Also Known AsThe Silent Witness
About The Silent Witness
The president of a state bank, guilty of malfeasance bribes the District Attorney to suppress the case. The DA’s secretary takes a photograph of the moment when a considerable sum of money changes hands extorting his employer. The dissolute secretary makes advances on a friend’s wife and as the husband rushes the roue a lamp is upset, plunging the place into darkness. A flash and a shot and the young blackmailer falls to the floor dead. The wife thinks the husband fired in anger, the husband believes the wife shot to protect herself. The District Attorney, the guilty man, is called upon to prosecute and accuses them both. An unexpected witness appears at the last moment and the pair are set free.
Directed by —, The Silent Witness leans on a strong ensemble — William Russell, Florence La Badie, Joseph Graybill — to carry a story that balances spectacle with character.
The film landed with audiences for its craft and performances, and remains one of the most talked-about drama titles of 1912.
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