A Beast at Bay is a 1912 silent short film directed by D. W. Griffith. It was produced and distributed by the Biograph Company. Preserved in paper print form at the Library of Congress.^[1]

This film is in the Public Domain

Plot

A young woman believes her boyfriend is cowardly after he backs down from an argument, but when the she is kidnapped, her boyfriend rescues her and she changes her mind.

Cast

• Mary Pickford – The Young Woman
• Edwin August – The Young Woman's Ideal
• Alfred Paget – The Convict
• Mae Marsh – The Young Woman's Friend

Rest of cast

• Elmer Booth – unconfirmed
• Christy Cabanne – Station Master
• William A. Carroll – Guard
• Francis J. Grandon – unconfirmed
• Robert Harron – A Farmer
• J. Jiquel Lanoe – At Station
• Henry Lehrman – A Guard
• Charles Hill Mailes – Guard
• Marguerite Marsh – (*billed Marguerite Loveridge)
• Lottie Pickford – unconfirmed
• W. C. Robinson – Guard