The Root of Evil (film)

{{about|the short film|other uses|Root of all evil (disambiguation){{!}}Root of all evil}}

{{Infobox film

|name=The Root of Evil

|director=D. W. Griffith

|writer=George Hennessy

|starring=William J. Butler
Dorothy Bernard
Edward Dillon

|country=USA

|cinematography=G.W. Bitzer

|runtime=17 minutes

|released={{film date|1912|3|18}}

}}

The Root of Evil is a 1912 American short silent film drama directed by D. W. Griffith and starring William J. Butler and Dorothy Bernard.[http://silentera.com/PSFL/data/R/RootOfEvil1912.html The Root of Evil at silentera.com]