Nursing a Viper (1909)
During the French Revolution, a wealthy couple lives safely by professing republican beliefs. When a mob attacks a nearby chateau an aristocrat bursts into the couple's home. They save his life by disguising him as a servant, but he soon forces his attentions on the wife. Hearing their struggle, the husband intervenes and, stripping the aristocrat of his disguise, thrusts him outdoors to be killed by the mob.
- Date of release
- 1909-11-03
- TMDB
- 4.2 / 10 (5)
- Runtime
- 10m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- D.W. Griffith
Casting
- Arthur V. Johnson — The Husband
- Marion Leonard — The Wife
- Frank Powell — The Viper
- Owen Moore — Fleeing Aristocrat
- James Kirkwood — In Mob
- George Nichols — In Mob
- Billy Quirk — Fleeing Aristocrat
- Mack Sennett — In Mob
- Dorothy West
- Frank Evans — In Mob
- Ruth Hart — Victimized Woman
- Henry Lehrman — In Mob
Interesting facts
Nursing a Viper is a 1909 American silent short film by pioneer director D. W. Griffith. A paper print of the film survives in the Library of Congress.
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