The Lesser Evil
- Jahr: 1912
- Land: United States of America
- Genre: Drama
- Studio: American Mutoscope & Biograph
- Stichwort: race against time, coast guard, gang of thieves, held captive, captive, silent film, woman in peril, abduction, captive woman, taken captive, smugglers
- Direktor: D.W. Griffith
- Besetzung: Blanche Sweet, Edwin August, Mae Marsh, Alfred Paget, Charles Hill Mailes, Charles West