The young lover leaving home at the opening of the war to join the Confederate Army, tells his brother to take care of his fatherless sweetheart during the perilous times which are to follow. But the brother weakens and fails to be true to his trust. He permits her to believe that her lover is dead. Caught in the neighborhood, however, between the lines of the enemy, the brother appears before them at the crucial moment. In retaliation the false brother turns informer. Both forces are aroused to arms and during the attack upon the girl defending her wounded lover and family alone in the negro's cabin retribution comes in the form of a stray bullet.
Credits
The Informer Cast
| Name |
Character |
|
Henry B. Walthall
He was 34, 58 years old when he died
|
as The False Brother |
|
Robert Harron
He was 19, 27 years old when he died
|
as The Southern Boy |
|
Harry Carey
He was 34, 69 years old when he died
|
as The Confederate Corporal |
|
Mary Pickford
She was 19, 86 years old when she died
|
as The Confederate Captain's Sweetheart |
|
W. Chrystie Miller
He was 69, 79 years old when he died
|
as Union Soldier |
|
Kate Bruce
She was 52, 86 years old when she died
|
as The Mother |
|
Walter Miller
He was 20, 48 years old when he died
|
as The Confederate Captain |
|
Dorothy Gish
She was 14, 70 years old when she died
|
as The Southern Girl |
The Informer Crew
