The Greatest Question

The Greatest Question (1919)

Young Nellie Jarvis, daughter of a wandering couple, witnesses the murder of a woman by a man and his wife. Years later, "Little Miss Yes'm", as Nellie is known, returns to the area as an orphan. Locals Mr. and Mrs. Hilton, though poverty stricken, take her into their family. Fully integrated with the loving Hiltons, she wishes to relieve them of their financial strain. Nellie travels to a nearby farmhouse to gain employment from depraved Martin Cain and his paranoid wife.

star 5.9
  • Release Date: 1919-12-27
  • Runtime: 1h 20min
  • Director: D.W. Griffith

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Cast

  • Lillian Gish

    Nellie Jarvis

  • Robert Harron

    Jimmie Hilton

  • Ralph Graves

    John Hilton Jr.

  • Eugenie Besserer

    Mrs. Hilton

  • George Fawcett

    Mr. Hilton

  • Josephine Crowell

    Mrs. Cain

  • Katherine Albert