Brute Force

Story

Synopsis

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.

Director

D.W. Griffith

Writers

Frank E. Woods

Language

English

Country

United States of America

Release date

24 April 1914

Ensemble

Cast

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  Robert Harron

  Harry Faulkner (Prologue) / Weakhands (The Old Days)

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  Mae Marsh

  Lilywhite

• William J. Butler

  Priscilla's Father (Prologue)

• 

  Wilfred Lucas

  Brute Force

• Edwin Curglot

  Caveman

• 

  Alfred Paget

  In Club (Prologue) / Tribesman (The Old Days)

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  Jennie Lee

  Rejected Cavewoman

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  Harry Carey

  In Womanless Tribe (The Old Days) (uncredited)