The Grip of Evil (1916)
4h 40m
Running Time
July 17, 1916Release Date
Plot.
An English nobleman is banished from home because of his attachment to a girl "not of his class." He marries the girl, comes to America with her, and a child, John Burton, subsequently the hero of each chapter of this serial, is born to them. 14 chapters.
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Cast & Crew.
Jackie Saunders
Jessie
Roland Bottomley
John Burton
Charles Dudley
Gordon Sackville
Philo McCullough
Gloria Payton
W.A.S. Douglas
Director
Harry Harvey
Director
Myrtle Reeves
Actress
Louis Tracy
Story
Tom Morgan
Actor
Douglas Bronston
Screenplay
H.M. Horkheimer
Producer
Media.
Details.
This Movie Is About.
movie serial
lost film
silent serial
Wiki.
The Grip of Evil is a lost 1916 American silent film serial directed by W.A.S. Douglas and Harry Harvey. It was distributed through Pathé Exchange. The melodramatic film serial was unusual in its critique of everyday habits and society and with episodes with unhappy endings.