The Black Viper

The Black Viper

10 mins | Drama | July 21, 1908

A thug accosts a girl as she leaves her workplace but a man rescues her. The thug vows revenge and, with the help of two friends, attacks the girl and her rescuer again as they're going for a walk. This time they succeed in kidnapping the rescuer. The girl runs home and gets help from several neighbors. They track the ruffians down to a cabin in the mountains where the gang has trapped their victim and set the cabin on fire.

The Black Viper

10 mins | Drama | July 21, 1908

The Black Viper
A thug accosts a girl as she leaves her workplace but a man rescues her. The thug vows revenge and, with the help of two friends, attacks the girl and her rescuer again as they're going for a walk. This time they succeed in kidnapping the rescuer. The girl runs home and gets help from several neighbors. They track the ruffians down to a cabin in the mountains where the gang has trapped their victim and set the cabin on fire.
IMDb rating 4.6
Producers American Mutoscope & Biograph
Original title The Black Viper
Directors Wallace McCutcheon Jr., D.W. Griffith
Writers

Cast

Edward Dillon

as Mike

George Gebhardt

as Viper

Mack Sennett

as Rescuer

D.W. Griffith

as Rescuer

Anthony O'Sullivan

as Gang Member