A Cry for Help (1912)Stream and Watch Online

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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 assembled 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." .