---
title: 'The Avenging Conscience (1914)'
type: 'film'
director: 'D. W. Griffith'
released: '1914-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 84
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Horror'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-avenging-conscience-1914'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0003643/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Avenging Conscience (1914)

1914 · 84 min · Drama, Horror · United States


## Synopsis

The Avenging Conscience: or "Thou Shalt Not Kill" is a 1914 American silent horror film directed by D. W. Griffith. The film is based on Edgar Allan Poe's 1843 short story "The Tell-Tale Heart" and his 1849 poem "Annabel Lee". Prints of the film survive in the Museum of Modern Art film archive and in the Cohen Media Group collection.

## Credits

- **Director:** [D. W. Griffith](https://cinepixo.com/people/d-w-griffith)
- **Screenplay:** [D. W. Griffith](https://cinepixo.com/people/d-w-griffith)
- **Producer:** [D. W. Griffith](https://cinepixo.com/people/d-w-griffith)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Samuel "Roxy" Rothafel](https://cinepixo.com/people/samuel-roxy-rothafel)
- **Director of Photography:** [Billy Bitzer](https://cinepixo.com/people/billy-bitzer)
- **Editor:** [James Smith](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-smith-2)

## Cast

- [Mae Marsh](https://cinepixo.com/people/mae-marsh)
- [Blanche Sweet](https://cinepixo.com/people/blanche-sweet)
- [Spottiswoode Aitken](https://cinepixo.com/people/spottiswoode-aitken)
- [Ralph Lewis](https://cinepixo.com/people/ralph-lewis)
- [Donald Crisp](https://cinepixo.com/people/donald-crisp)
- [Robert Harron](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-harron)
- [Wallace Reid](https://cinepixo.com/people/wallace-reid)
- [Henry B. Walthall](https://cinepixo.com/people/henry-b-walthall)
- [Dorothy Gish](https://cinepixo.com/people/dorothy-gish)
- [George Beranger](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-beranger)
- [Walter Long](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-long)
- [George Siegmann](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-siegmann)
- [Josephine Crowell](https://cinepixo.com/people/josephine-crowell)

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