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The Informer (1912)
Short | 18 min | Short, Drama

The Informer (1912)

Short | 18 min | Short, Drama

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...See moreThe 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 his trust. He permits her to believe that her lover is dead. Caught in the neighborhood, however, between the lines of the enemy, the brother appears before them at the crucial moment. In retaliation the false brother turns informer. Both forces are aroused to arms and during the attack upon the girl defending her wounded lover and family alone in the negro's cabin retribution comes in the form of a stray bullet. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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17 cast members

Name	Known for
Walter Miller The Confederate Captain The Confederate Captain See fewer	King of the Wild (1931)
Mary Pickford The Confederate Captain's Sweetheart The Confederate Captain's Sweetheart See fewer	Coquette (1929)
Henry B. Walthall The False Brother The False Brother See fewer	The Birth of a Nation (1915)
Kate Bruce The Mother The Mother See fewer	Gretchen the Greenhorn (1916)
Harry Carey The Union Corporal The Union Corporal See fewer	Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Dorothy Gish The Southern Girl The Southern Girl See fewer	Nell Gwyn (1926)
Robert Harron The Southern Boy The Southern Boy See fewer	Intolerance (1916)
Lionel Barrymore Union Soldier Union Soldier See fewer	You Can't Take It with You (1938)
Elmer Booth Union Soldier Union Soldier See fewer	His Auto's Maiden Trip (1912)
Clara T. Bracy Negro Servant Negro Servant See fewer	Wilful Peggy (1910)
Edward Dillon Confederate Soldier Confederate Soldier See fewer	The Dice Woman (1926)
John T. Dillon Union Soldier Union Soldier See fewer	Seven Days (1914)
Joseph Graybill Union Soldier Union Soldier See fewer	White Roses (1910)
W. Chrystie Miller Union Soldier Union Soldier See fewer	Ramona (1910)
Alfred Paget Confederate General Confederate General See fewer	Intolerance (1916)
Jack Pickford Negro Boy Negro Boy See fewer	Brown of Harvard (1926)
W.C. Robinson Union Soldier Union Soldier See fewer	The Wooing of Alice (1912)