The Criminal (1916)
A young Italian immigrant girl, uneducated and superstitious, finds an abandoned baby on the stairs of her tenement, with a note attached explaining the baby is illegitimate. A young newspaper reporter, whom the girl knows from waiting on him at the restaurant where she works, reads the note for her. But the police arrest her, at no evidence whatsoever other than possession of the baby, for kidnapping.
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Clara WilliamsNaneta
William DesmondDonald WhiteEnid WillisThe Baby
Joseph J. DowlingCarlos Lupoli
Gertrude ClaireMother Marie
Charles K. FrenchPietro
Walt WhitmanPolice MagistrateMovie DNA
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What is The Criminal about?
A young Italian immigrant girl, uneducated and superstitious, finds an abandoned baby on the stairs of her tenement, with a note attached explaining the baby is illegitimate. A young newspaper reporter, whom the girl knows from waiting on him at the restaurant where she works, reads the note for her. But the police arrest her, at no evidence whatsoever other than possession of the baby, for kidnapping.
How long is The Criminal?
The Criminal has a runtime of 55 minutes.