A Beast at Bay

A Beast at Bay

5.7

May 26 1912

0h 13m

Drama

A young woman is quite taken with a man she met; in fact, he is her “ideal”. However, after her new suitor refuses to get mixed up in a street brawl, the young woman views him as a coward. Nearby, a violent convict has escaped from prison. While the couple takes a ride in the woman’s automobile, the criminal ambushes a guard, taking the officer’s clothing and gun. The young woman still argues her suitor is a coward, drops him off, and drives off alone. She is then carjacked by the on-the-lam criminal. The young man witnesses the ambush and sets out to rescue his lover.

Mary Pickford

Mary Pickford

The Young Woman

Edwin August

Edwin August

The Young Woman's Ideal

Alfred Paget

Alfred Paget

The Convict

Robert Harron

Robert Harron

A Farmer