Nursing a Viper (1909)

4.2/10 10 min Drama

Overview

During the French Revolution, a wealthy couple lives safely by professing republican beliefs. When a mob attacks a nearby chateau an aristocrat bursts into the couple's home. They save his life by disguising him as a servant, but he soon forces his attentions on the wife. Hearing their struggle, the husband intervenes and, stripping the aristocrat of his disguise, thrusts him outdoors to be killed by the mob.

Cast

Arthur V. Johnson

The Husband

Marion Leonard

The Wife

Frank Powell

The Viper

Owen Moore

Fleeing Aristocrat

James Kirkwood

In Mob

Florence Lawrence

George Nichols

In Mob

Billy Quirk

Fleeing Aristocrat

Mack Sennett

In Mob

Dorothy West

Henry Lehrman

In Mob

Gertrude Robinson

Fleeing Aristocrat

Mabel Trunnelle

Victimized Woman

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