The 17th century: a rider is dispatched by the king to carry a message to the king's embattled forces in a distant conflict. The messenger is waylaid by a villain, whose mistress lures the messenger into a trap so that he can be stabbed and the message stolen.
Watch the official The King's Messenger 1908 trailer in HD below.
Sorry, we can't find the movie trailer you're looking for.
Either a trailer for this movie has not been released yet, or it was removed following a request from the copyright holder.
United States 29 April 1908
These some of the most viewed trailers for movies released in 1908:
25 August 1908
An Old man is chased by some people. He hits them with his magic sack and they disappear. He is then arrested and escapes by climbing into his sack and reappearing outside the prison walls, he is soon caught again and makes amends by shaking his sack and bringing back those who disappeared.
21 December 1908
Everyman Coupeau's attempts to stop drinking are routinely thwarted by the wicked and vengeful Virginie.
01 February 1908
Documents one of the most important wrestling matches of the early 20th century between the legendary Estonian strongman Georg Hackenschmidt and the American Joe Rogers.
02 November 1908
Whirling and frenzied, dances symbolizing life suddenly vanish to give way to macabre circles, evolving in flames and terrifying scenes reminiscent of Hans Holbein's famous Dance of Death in the Basel cemetery.
06 October 1908
The mishaps of a man who steps into the street wearing his brand-new white suit, and who instantly encounters every conceivable insult to his suit's integrity: a coalman bumps into him, a waiter spills food on him, a painter walks into him.
08 June 1908
Women turn into roses in this hand-coloured nitrate short from Gaumont.
01 January 1908
Images from Grängesberg's mines. The ore is loaded onto trains and transported to the port of Oxelösund.
01 January 1908
Three woman playing a game of catch leads to one of them exposing herself as she gets stuck whilst peering out the window.
11 November 1908
Two hunters set out on safari with their African guide. They observe zebras, an ostrich, and a hippopotamus, capture a monkey, and camp for the night.
02 October 1908
Imagine ten pickaninnies turned loose and on mischief bent. Farmer catches one leaving but Nine. Nine Happy Snowballs on a Swing elate.
Have you watched The King's Messenger yet? What did you think about it?
Artwork, screen shots, trailers and other imagery is © 1908 American Mutoscope and Biograph Company.
