The Avenging Conscience

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The Avenging Conscience
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	D. W. Griffith
Written by	D. W. Griffith
Based on	"The Tell-Tale Heart" and "Annabel Lee" by Edgar Allan Poe
Produced by	D. W. Griffith
Starring	Henry B. Walthall Blanche Sweet Spottiswoode Aitken
Cinematography	G.W. Bitzer
Edited by	James Smith Rose Smith
Music by	S. L. Rothapfel
Production company	Majestic Motion Picture Company
Distributed by	Mutual Film Corporation
Release date	August 2, 1914 (1914-08-02)
Running time	78 minutes
Country	United States
Languages	Silent English intertitles

The Avenging Conscience: or "Thou Shalt Not Kill" is a 1914 silent horror film directed by D. W. Griffith.^[1] The film is based on Edgar Allan Poe's 1843 short story "The Tell-Tale Heart" and his 1849 poem "Annabel Lee".^[2]