1913
5.0 (13 votes)
0h 17m
Genres
Drama
Production Companies
Biograph Company
The House of Darkness
Overview
A potentially violent patient in an insane asylum is calmed when he hears a nurse playing the piano. But shortly afterwards he breaks free, eludes his pursuers, and acquires a gun. He soon comes to a house where a young wife is home alone, and there is a tense confrontation.
Key Crew
Writer: Jere F. Looney
Director: D.W. Griffith
Top Cast
Lionel Barrymore
The Doctor
Charles Hill Mailes
The Lunatic (The Unfortunate Patient)
Claire McDowell
The Doctor's Wife
Lillian Gish
The Nurse
Robert Harron
Asylum Guard
Christy Cabanne
Attack Victim
William Elmer
Asylum Guard
