Short film
Truth Stranger Than Fiction
1915 · 10 min
A short, tense silent-era moral fable that pivots from desperation to sudden relief in a few brisk minutes.
- Genres
- Crime, Drama
- Starring
- Charles West, Harry Carey, Barney Furey
- Overview
- Hard pressed for money, the broker has appropriated funds of the firm, and dreads his partner's discovery of the deed. He tries in vain to borrow money, and determines to end his life after writing a confession. In the act of placing a pistol to his head, he is interrupted by a message informing him that oil has been discovered in the vicinity of his land
- How it feels
- Brisk and easy to follow.
- About
- Crime, guilt, redemption
- Content
- Mild violence. No gore, sexual content or swearing.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Genres
- Crime, Drama
- Starring
- Charles West, Harry Carey, Barney Furey
