The Black Viper (1908)

Name: The Black Viper
Genre: Drama, Crime
Released: 1908-07-21

10m

Running Time

Plot.

A thug accosts a girl as she leaves her workplace but a man rescues her. The thug vows revenge and, with the help of two friends, attacks the girl and her rescuer again as they're going for a walk. This time they succeed in kidnapping the rescuer. The girl runs home and gets help from several neighbors. They track the ruffians down to a cabin in the mountains where the gang has trapped their victim and set the cabin on fire.

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Cast & Crew.

Edward Dillon

Mike

George Gebhardt

Viper

Mack Sennett

Rescuer

D.W. Griffith

Rescuer / Director

Anthony O'Sullivan

Gang Member

Wallace McCutcheon Jr.

Director

Billy Bitzer

Cinematography

Arthur Marvin

Cinematography

Details.

Release Date
July 21, 1908

Status
Released

Running Time
10m

Filming Locations
Fort Lee, United States

Genres
Drama Crime

Last updated: 2025-03-31

Wiki.

The Black Viper (aka La vipère noire in France) is a 1908 film directed by D. W. Griffith. The film was made by the American Mutoscope and Biograph Company which was based in Fort Lee, New Jersey at the beginning of the 20th century.