The Adventures of Billy
The Adventures of Billy
Release: 1911-10-18
·Runtime: 18m
·★ 5.7
Drama
Crime
Little Billy, the bootblack, finding luck against him, decides to move to some other town. To do this he must walk, as he hasn’t the wherewithal for a railroad ticket. While trudging through the country, he falls into the hands of a couple of sinister-looking tramps, and they at once, by threats, force him to beg for them. A day or so later, the tramps hold up an old man, and while procuring his money throw him down with such force as to unintentionally kill him. Panic-stricken at their awful deed, they feel that the boy’s knowledge of the affair will prove disastrous for them, and so they decide to get rid of him. Through the sagacity of a dog the boy is saved and the tramps are captured.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
American Mutoscope & Biograph
Cast
D.W. Griffith
as On Bench
W. Chrystie Miller
as Robbery Victim
Grace Henderson
as Woman on Porch
Alfred Paget
as Farmhand / Rescuer
Donald Crisp
as First Tramp
Joseph Graybill
as Second Tramp
Claire McDowell
as Rich Woman
Kate Bruce
as The Maid
Charles Hill Mailes
as Farmhand / Rescuer
Edna Foster
as Billy
Dell Henderson
as Rich Man
