Brute Force
movie

A psychological comedy founded on the Darwinian theory of the evolution of man
Released April 24, 1914
Overview
A thin gent in formal wear, amid a club or party, reads a book about primitive man after he's ignored by a pretty lady. We see the book enacted: Weakhands loses his girlfriend to Bruteforce, but chances upon a design for a weapon to vanquish his rival and win her back. His tribe sees this and sets him up as their leader. With the club, he fends off various creatures (a winged lizard, a snake, a dinosaur) and a rival tribe led by Monkeywalk. The women even manage to repel an attack. But the rival tribe discovers the secret of the club themselves, and capture the women. Weakhands, sitting in despair, chances upon a new weapon: the bow and arrow.
Cast

Robert Harron
as
Harry Faulkner (Prologue) / Weakhands (The Old Days)

Mae Marsh
as
Lilywhite
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William J. Butler
as
Priscilla's Father (Prologue)

Wilfred Lucas
as
Brute Force
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Edwin Curglot
as
Caveman

Alfred Paget
as
In Club (Prologue) / Tribesman (The Old Days)

Jennie Lee
as
Rejected Cavewoman

Harry Carey
as
In Womanless Tribe (The Old Days) (uncredited)


