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The Informer

191218mNRMovieDrama

The young lover leaving home at the opening of the war to join the Confederate Army, tells his brother to take care of his fatherless sweetheart during the perilous times which are to follow. But the brother weakens and fails to be true to…

DirectorD.W. Griffith
WriterGeorge Hennessy

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Cast · Directed by D.W. Griffith

WMWalter Miller
Walter Miller
The Confederate Captain
MPMary Pickford
Mary Pickford
The Confederate Captain's Sweetheart
HWHenry B. Walthall
Henry B. Walthall
The False Brother
KBKate Bruce
Kate Bruce
The Mother
DGDorothy Gish
Dorothy Gish
The Southern Girl
RHRobert Harron
Robert Harron
The Southern Boy
HCHarry Carey
Harry Carey
The Confederate Corporal
WMW. Chrystie Miller
W. Chrystie Miller
Union Soldier
JGJoseph Graybill
Joseph Graybill
Union Soldier
LGLillian Gish
Lillian Gish
Walk on role
LBLionel Barrymore
Lionel Barrymore
Union Soldier
APAlfred Paget
Alfred Paget
Confederate General

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