
Broken Ways
1913-03-08 · 22 min · Not rated
In this story the young wife concerned is called upon to solve a rather momentous question. After separating from her husband, whom she has discovered to be a brute and a criminal, she is about to give herself to another man, believing her husband dead, when he appears before her fleeing from justice. Shall she deliver him to the law or surrender to his claims? She yields in one instance, but not in the other. Then justice intervenes.
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- Directors
- D.W. Griffith
- Production companies
- American Mutoscope & Biograph
- Countries
- United States of America
- Status
- Released
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Henry B. WalthallThe Road Agent
Blanche SweetThe Road Agent's Wife
Harry CareyThe Sheriff
Frank OppermanRoad Agent's Gang Member
Dorothy GishIn Telegraph Office (uncredited)
Mae MarshUndetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)Title information and images are supplied by TMDb. Explore our discovery guide for advice on comparing metadata and legal viewing options.
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