Lie on AllMovie

The Edison film product had fallen into a rut by 1909, so it was with no little surprise that the Variety reviewer thoroughly enjoyed the company's well-above-average The Lie. Two soldiers from the same regiment fall in love with the same girl. When the girl makes her choice, the loser begins plotting revenge. In the thick of battle, the girl's sweetheart is wounded and taken to the hospital, where he asks his rival to deliver a message to the heroine, telling her not to worry. Instead, the rival lies to the girl, claiming that her boyfriend is dead. Consumed with grief, the girl wanders to the edge of a cliff, intending to throw herself into the sea below. As she leaps off the cliff, her brother arrives with news that her sweetheart is alive after all. The brother dives after the girl and saves her from a watery grave, leaving no doubt as to the film's joyful outcome.