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The Fugitive (1910)

Genre : Drama, War

Runtime : 16M

Director : D. W. Griffith

Synopsis

Two Johns, a Confederate and an Union soldier, leave their families to go to the front. After a skirmish they end up separated from their respective sides, the Union soldier shoots the Confederate, but he has to escape and look for refuge in the house of his enemy.

Actors

Kate Bruce
Kate Bruce
Confederate mother
Edward Dillon
Edward Dillon
John, Confederate son
Clara T. Bracy
Clara T. Bracy
Union mother
Edwin August
Edwin August
John, Union son
Dorothy West
Dorothy West
Confederate son's fiancée
Lucy Cotton
Lucy Cotton
Union son's fiancée

Crews

D. W. Griffith
D. W. Griffith
Director
J. McDonagh
J. McDonagh
Writer
Billy Bitzer
Billy Bitzer
Director of Photography

Posters and backgrounds

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