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Suspense. is a american film of genre Drama directed by Phillips Smalley released in USA on 6 july 1913 with Val Paul

Suspense. (1913)

Suspense.
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Released in USA 6 july 1913
Length 10minutes
Directed by ,    
OriginUSA
Genres Drama,    Thriller,    Horror,    Crime
Rating73% 3.687363.687363.687363.687363.68736

Suspense is a 1913 American silent short film thriller directed by Phillips Smalley and Lois Weber. Weber also wrote the scenario, and stars in the film with Valentine Paul. The film features early examples of a split screen shot and a car chase.

The Internet Movie Database lists Lon Chaney as having an unconfirmed and uncredited brief role, however this is disputed.

A print of the film is preserved at the film archive of the British Film Institute.

Synopsis

A servant leaves a new mother with only a written letter of notice, placing her key under the doormat as she leaves. Her exit attracts the attention of a tramp to the house. The husband has previously phoned that he is working late, the wife decides not to ring back when she finds the note, but does ring back when she sees the tramp. Her husband listens horrified as she documents the break in, then the tramp cuts the line. The husband steals a car and is immediately pursued by the car's owner & the police, who nearly but not quite manage to jump into the stolen car during a high-speed chase. The husband manages to gain a lead over the police but then accidentally strikes a man smoking in the road, and checks that he is OK. Meanwhile the tramp is breaking into the room where the wife has locked herself and her baby, violently thrusting himself through the wood door, carrying a large knife.

Actors

Val Paul

(The Husband)Lois Weber

(The Wife)Douglas Gerrard

(The Taken Car's Owner)Lule Warrenton

(Maid (uncredited))Lon Chaney

(A hobo)
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