During the American Revolution, a young soldier carrying a crucial message to General Washington is spotted and pursued by a group of enemy soldiers. He takes refuge with a civilian family, but is soon detected. The family and their neighbors must then make plans to see that the important message gets through after all.
Director: D.W. Griffith
Owen Moore
Colonial Army Messenger
James Kirkwood
Messenger's Father
Mary Pickford
Messenger's Sister
D.W. Griffith
Lottie Pickford
Mack Sennett
Hessian
George Siegmann
Hessian
Henry B. Walthall