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The Musketeers of Pig Alley

191217 minUnited States
Drama

Synopsis

A musician is robbed on returning home, while his wife later receives protection from the same gangster. A rivalry between criminals draws the couple into a gunfight and its aftermath. Recovering their money does not free them from the obligations created by the unexpected act of help.

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Original language
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified.
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16:40
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No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. No subtitle track in this language.

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Wikimedia Commons · D. W. Griffith · Public domain

Cast

DirectorsD. W. Griffith

Behind the scenes

Griffith and Anita Loos build the short around cramped urban spaces, competing gangs and an uncertain relationship with the police. The film is an early example of the screen gangster story.

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Work catalogued as public domain in the United States.

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