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Billy's Stratagem

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While their mother is away from home, Billy and his sister are set upon by marauding Indians, who trap them in their cabin. Billy rigs a keg of gunpowder and tricks the Indians into entering the cabin, while he and his sister escape.

DirectorD.W. Griffith

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Cast · Directed by D.W. Griffith

WLWilfred Lucas
Wilfred Lucas
Billy's Father
CMClaire McDowell
Claire McDowell
Billy's Mother
EFEdna Foster
Edna Foster
Billy
YSYnez Seabury
Ynez Seabury
Billy's Sister
RHRobert Harron
Robert Harron
A Settler

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