An Unseen Enemy (1912)

An Unseen Enemy

1912

Drama

Synopsis

The physician's death orphans his two adolescent daughters. Their older brother is able to convert some of the doctor's small estate to cash. But it is late in the day, and with the banks closed he stores the money in his father's household safe. The slatternly housekeeper, aware of the money, enlists a criminal acquaintance to crack the safe. She attempts to get into the adjacent room where the sisters tremble in fear, but finds that the door is locked. The drunken housekeeper menaces them by brandishing a gun through a hole in the wall.

Credits

Director

D.W. Griffith

Cast

Adolph Lestina as In Boardinghouse (uncredited)

Antonio Moreno as On Bridge (uncredited)

Dorothy Gish as Youngest Sister

Elmer Booth as The Brother

Grace Henderson as The Maid

Harry Carey as The Safecracker

Lillian Gish as Eldest Sister

Robert Harron as The Boyfriend