"A Psychological Tragedy" 15 April 1912 Drama 14 mins
A man and three women leave an abandoned mining town and travel across the desert. After the man's death, his wife plans revenge against her companion, whom the wife suspects had an affair with her deceased husband.
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Charles West as The Miner (as Charles H. West)
Claire McDowell as The Miner's Wife
Mary Pickford as The Miner's Wife's Sister
Dorothy Bernard as The Other Woman
D.W. Griffith Director
United States 15 April 1912
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