
A Beast at Bay 1912
Overview
A young woman is quite taken with a man she met; in fact, he is her “ideal”. However, after her new suitor refuses to get mixed up in a street brawl, the young woman views him as a coward. Nearby, a violent convict has escaped from prison. While the couple takes a ride in the woman’s automobile, the criminal ambushes a guard, taking the officer’s clothing and gun. The young woman still argues her suitor is a coward, drops him off, and drives off alone. She is then carjacked by the on-the-lam cri
Director: D.W. Griffith
Cast

Mary Pickford
The Young Woman

Edwin August
The Young Woman's Ideal

Alfred Paget
The Convict

Robert Harron
A Farmer

Mae Marsh
The Young Woman's Friend

William A. Carroll

Henry Lehrman
W.C. Robinson

Charles West

Christy Cabanne