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The Adventures of Billy (1911)

The Adventures of Billy (1911)

Drama Crime
Release Date: 1911, October 18
Directors: D.W. Griffith
Countries: United States of America
Production: American Mutoscope & Biograph
Cast: Donald Crisp, Frank Evans, Dell Henderson, Claire McDowell, Charles Hill Mailes, Kate Bruce, Harry Hyde, Alfred Paget, Marie Newton, Grace Henderson, Edna Foster, Joseph Graybill

Overview:

Little Billy, the bootblack, finding luck against him, decides to move to some other town. To do this he must walk, as he hasn’t the wherewithal for a railroad ticket. While trudging through the country, he falls into the hands of a couple of sinister-looking tramps, and they at once, by threats, force him to beg for them. A day or so later, the tramps hold up an old man, and while procuring his money throw him down with such force as to unintentionally kill him. Panic-stricken at their awful deed, they feel that the boy’s knowledge of the affair will prove disastrous for them, and so they decide to get rid of him. Through the sagacity of a dog the boy is saved and the tramps are captured.

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short film