The Fugitive (1910)

Movie
Original title	The Fugitive
Country of production	United States
original language	English
Publishing year	1910
length	17 minutes
Rod
Director	DW Griffith
script	J. McDonagh
production	Biograph Company
camera	Johann Gottlob Wilhelm Bitzer
occupation
Kate Bruce : Southern mother Edward Dillon : John, their son Dorothy West : his fiancee Clara T. Bracy : Northern Mother Edwin August : John, their son Lucy Cotton : his fiancée Lily Cahill : Lady in the farewell crowd Lloyd Carlton Dorothy Davenport Frank Evans : Confederate soldier Joseph Graybill Guy Hedlund : Confederation / Union soldier Dell Henderson : Man in the farewell crowd; Confederate soldier Joseph Jiquel-Lanoë : Confederate soldier Walter Long Jeanie Macpherson : Lady in the farewell crowd Claire McDowell : Lady in the farewell crowd William Chrystie Miller : Man in the farewell crowd Owen Moore Jack Mulhall : new friend Alfred Paget : Union soldier Walter Charles Robinson : Confederate soldier Charles West : Confederate / Union soldier

The 1910 The Fugitive is one of a series of incoherent American silent films by director DW Griffith that deal with the Civil War . The film was released on November 7, 1910.

action

The two sons go on different sides in the American Civil War, where they are separated from their unit in the course of a battle and meet. Union John shoots Confederation John, whereupon the former seeks refuge in the house of his enemy's mother while on the run. Waiting between her duties as a citizen and a mother, motherhood wins and she hides the enemy. A short time later, her wounded son returns home.

Web links

• The Fugitive in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• The Fugitive in the online film database