Where to Watch A Cry for Help Online

Want to behold the glory that is 'A Cry for Help' on your TV or mobile device at home? Discovering a streaming service to buy, rent, download, or view the D.W. Griffith-directed movie via subscription can be tricky, so we here at Moviefone want to do the work for you.

Read on for a listing of streaming and cable services - including rental, purchase, and subscription options - along with the availability of 'A Cry for Help' on each platform when they are available. Now, before we get into all the details of how you can watch 'A Cry for Help' right now, here are some finer points about the Biograph Company drama flick.

Released December 23rd, 1912, 'A Cry for Help' stars Lionel Barrymore, Lillian Gish, Walter Miller, Harry Carey The NR movie has a runtime of about 17 min, and received a user score of (out of 100) on TMDb, which collated reviews from well-known users.

Curious to know what the movie's about? Here's the plot: "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 several times by the return of the tramp, whom the maid at last pushes out of the house. She hears the doctor struggling with his assailant and faints. The tramp hears the doctor's cry for help and enters by a rear window, despite the objections of a policeman, in time to save his benefactor." .