The Avenging Conscience: or ‘Thou Shalt Not Kill’ (1914)

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Country: USA
Genres: Crime, Drama, Horror
Release: 1914-08-24
Director: D.W. Griffith
Writers: Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849) , D.W. Griffith
Language: English
Stars: Henry B. Walthall , Spottiswoode Aitken , Blanche Sweet , George Siegmann , Ralph Lewis , Mae Marsh , Robert Harron , George Beranger , Josephine Crowell , Walter Long
Runtime: 78 min
Awards: N/A
AKA: Zemsta sumienia (Poland) , Svedomí zlocinu (Czech Republic) , The Avenging Conscience: or 'Thou Shalt Not Kill' , 恐ろしき一夜 (Japan) , La conciencia vengadora (Spain) , The Murderer's Conscience (United States of America) , A bosszúálló lelkiismeret (Hungary) , Совесть-мститель (Russian Federation) , Thou Shalt Not Kill , The Avenging Conscience: or 'Thou Shalt Not Kill' (United States of America) , The Telltale Heart (United States of America) , Du maa ikke ihjelslaa (Denmark) , Consciência Vingadora (Portugal, Portuguese Republic)
Plot: Thwarted by his despotic uncle from continuing his love affair, a young man turns to thoughts of murder. Experiencing a series of visions, he sees murder as a normal course of events in life and kills his uncle. Tortured by his conscience, his future sanity is uncertain as he is assailed by nightmarish visions of what he has done.
IMDB:tt0003643