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A Cry for Help (1912)

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.

  • Drama

Top billed cast

  • Photo of Lionel BarrymoreLionel BarrymoreThe Tramp
  • Photo of Lillian GishLillian GishThe Maid
  • Photo of Walter MillerWalter MillerThe Doctor
  • Photo of Harry CareyHarry CareyThe Thief
  • Photo of Claire McDowellClaire McDowellThe Thief's Wife - the Charity Patient
  • Photo of Robert HarronRobert HarronWitness to Accident
  • Photo of Dorothy GishDorothy GishWitness to Accident
  • Photo of Christy CabanneChristy CabanneWitness to Accident
  • Photo of John T. DillonJohn T. DillonPoliceman / Witness to Accident
  • Photo of Alfred PagetAlfred PagetPoliceman

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