The Maniac Cook
The Maniac Cook
1909, English. Directed by D.W. Griffith.
A household cook named Margie has a sudden mental breakdown and attacks her employers, the Holland family. After being briefly restrained, she escapes the house and later sneaks back in. Driven by a "fiendish idea," she takes the Holland's infant baby from its crib and hides the child in the kitchen oven before starting a fire beneath it. The parents unknowingly begin to use the oven, but the baby is rescued just in time when the parents discover the plot during a struggle with the cook, who is then arrested by police.
- Runtime
- 0h 9m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- English
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- Released
- 4 January 1909
- Country
- United States of America
- Written by
- D.W. Griffith
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The Maniac Cook isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 4 January 1909. (Checked 10 November 2026.)
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Who directed The Maniac Cook?
The Maniac Cook (1909) was directed by D.W. Griffith and stars Marion Leonard, Harry Solter, George Gebhardt.