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

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6.8	IMDB rating

Directed by

D.W. Griffith

Starring (View all)

Henry B. Walthall

The Nephew

Spottiswoode Aitken

The Uncle

Blanche Sweet

The Nephew's Sweetheart

The Italian

The Detective

The Maid

The Grocery Boy

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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.

Release date : 24 August 1914