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An Awful Moment
UNITED STATES · 1908

An Awful Moment

D.W. Griffith
revenge courtroom drama justice domestic threat gypsies
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Synopsis

After a judge (Harry Solter) does his job and sentences a man, a gypsy woman (Marion Leonard) erupts in vehement protests and has to be taken forcefully out of the courtroom. Later the gypsy follows the judge to his home and plots a vicious revenge on his wife (Florence Lawrence).

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