The Massacre (film)

The Massacre is a 1912 American silent Western film directed by D. W. Griffith and released by Biograph Studios. It stars Blanche Sweet and Wilfred Lucas. The film was shot in 1912 and released in Europe that year, but not released in the United States until 1914.^[1]

Full film

The Massacre
Title card
Directed by	D. W. Griffith
Written by	D. W. Griffith (story, scenario)
Produced by	American Mutoscope and Biograph Company
Starring	Wilfred Lucas Blanche Sweet
Cinematography	G. W. Bitzer
Distributed by	General Film Company
Release dates	November 7, 1912 (1912-11-07) (Europe) February 26, 1914 (1914-02-26) (U.S.)
Running time	2 reels (30 minutes)
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Cast

• Wilfred Lucas as Stephen
• Blanche Sweet as Stephen's ward
• Charles West as Stephen's ward's husband
• Alfred Paget as Indian Chief
• Lionel Barrymore
• Charles Craig
• Edward Dillon as John Randolph, In the Prologue/and in the Cavalry
• Charles Gorman as In Cavalry
• Robert Harron as In Cavalry
• Dell Henderson as In Wagon Train
• Harry Hyde as In Wagon Train
• J. Jiquel Lanoe as In Wagon Train
• Charles Hill Mailes as In Wagon Train
• Claire McDowell as Stephen's Belle, In Prologue
• W. Chrystie Miller as In Wagon Train
• Frank Opperman as Old Settler
• Jack Pickford as Young Boy
• W. C. Robinson as Amongst the Indians
• Kate Toncray as Maid, in Prologue