The Red Girl (1908)
Miner Kate Nelson strikes gold but is quickly robbed at a frontier hotel by a desperate Mexican woman, who shoots a hotel clerk during her escape. The thief hides with an Indian girl and her half-breed husband. She seduces the husband into helping her torture and hang his Indian wife over a river. After bravely escaping her bonds, the Red Girl guides Kate and a posse in a thrilling canoe chase. Following a dramatic underwater battle, the culprits are captured. The husband tries to reconcile with his wife, but she rejects him, finding solace and friendship in Kate's embrace.
- Released
- 1908-09-15
- Genres
- Action
- Runtime
- 17 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- D.W. Griffith
- TMDB rating
- 3.5/10 from 1 votes
Cast
- Florence Lawrence as The Red Girl
- Charles Inslee as The Red Girl's Husband
- Linda Arvidson as Woman in Second Bar
- Clara T. Bracy
- George Gebhardt as Indian / Man in First Bar / Man in Second Bar
- D.W. Griffith as Man on Footpath
- Arthur V. Johnson
- Anthony O'Sullivan
- Mack Sennett as Man in First Bar / Man in Second Bar
- Harry Solter as Bartender
- Marion Sunshine