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A Cry for Help

191217mNRMovieDrama

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…

DirectorD.W. Griffith
WriterEdward Acker

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Cast · Directed by D.W. Griffith

LBLionel Barrymore
Lionel Barrymore
The Tramp
LGLillian Gish
Lillian Gish
The Maid
WMWalter Miller
Walter Miller
The Doctor
HCHarry Carey
Harry Carey
The Thief
CMClaire McDowell
Claire McDowell
The Thief's Wife - the Charity Patient
RHRobert Harron
Robert Harron
Witness to Accident
DGDorothy Gish
Dorothy Gish
Witness to Accident
CCChristy Cabanne
Christy Cabanne
Witness to Accident
JD
John T. Dillon
Policeman / Witness to Accident
APAlfred Paget
Alfred Paget
Policeman

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