Death's Marathon

Death's Marathon is a 1913 American silent film short directed by D. W. Griffith and distributed by Biograph. It stars Blanche Sweet and Henry B. Walthall and was filmed in the Los Angeles area. This film survives and is available on DVD.^[1]

Death's Marathon (1913)

Death's Marathon
Title card
Directed by	D. W. Griffith
Written by	William E. Wing
Starring	Blanche Sweet Henry B. Walthall Lionel Barrymore
Cinematography	G. W. Bitzer
Distributed by	Biograph Company General Film Company
Release date	June 14, 1913 (1913-06-14) (U.S.)
Running time	2 reels; (17 mins @ 16fps)
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Cast

• Blanche Sweet as the wife
• Henry B. Walthall as the husband
• Walter Miller as the friend, the husband's partner
• Lionel Barrymore as the financial backer
• Kate Bruce as the nanny
• Robert Harron as the messenger

Uncredited

• William J. Butler as man at club
• Harry Hyde as a friend at club
• J. Jiquel Lanoe as man at club
• Adolph Lestina as man at club
• Charles Hill Mailes
• Alfred Paget as a gambler at club
• W. C. Robinson as man at club