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Brute Force (1914)

NR ★ 5.3/10 36 min Adventure, Action, Drama, History, Comedy United States English
Director: D.W. Griffith
Streaming: Not available
A psychological comedy founded on the Darwinian theory of the evolution of man

Description

A thin gent in formal wear, amid a club or party, reads a book about primitive man after he's ignored by a pretty lady. We see the book enacted: Weakhands loses his girlfriend to Bruteforce, but chances upon a design for a weapon to vanquish his rival and win her back. His tribe sees this and sets him up as their leader. With the club, he fends off various creatures (a winged lizard, a snake, a dinosaur) and a rival tribe led by Monkeywalk. The women even manage to repel an attack. But the rival tribe discovers the secret of the club themselves, and capture the women. Weakhands, sitting in despair, chances upon a new weapon: the bow and arrow.

Top Cast

Robert Harron
Robert Harron Harry Faulkner (Prologue) / Weakhands (The Old Days)
Mae Marsh
Mae Marsh Lilywhite
William J. Butler Priscilla's Father (Prologue)
Wilfred Lucas
Wilfred Lucas Brute Force
Edwin Curglot Caveman
Alfred Paget
Alfred Paget In Club (Prologue) / Tribesman (The Old Days)
Jennie Lee
Jennie Lee Rejected Cavewoman
Harry Carey
Harry Carey In Womanless Tribe (The Old Days) (uncredited)

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