The Avenging Conscience: or 'Thou Shalt Not Kill'
“The criminal haunted by tortures of the mind”
1914 · 1 h 18 min
Directed by 
D.W. Griffith
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Plot
Thwarted by his uncle in love, a young man murders him, and is haunted by his conscience, in a Poe-inspired silent.
Sinekatalog’s take
D.W. Griffith's silent thriller, with Henry B. Walthall and Blanche Sweet, is eerie and melodramatic, drawn from Poe's Tell-Tale Heart.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 6.4 / 10 (1,611 votes)
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