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The Romantic Story of Margaret Catchpole (1911)

The Romantic Story of Margaret Catchpole (1911)

Drama Adventure
Release Date: 1911, August 6
Directors: Raymond Longford
Countries: Australia
Production: Spencer's Pictures
Cast: Walter Vincent, Lottie Lyell, William Coulter, Augustus Neville, Sybil Wilde, Fred Hardy, Jack Goodall, Fred Twitchin

Overview:

The story is founded on fact. In a village on the south coast of England, young Margaret Catchpole is being courted by two rivals, Will Laud, a smuggler, and Lieutenant Barry of the coast guards. She favours Laud, and when he escapes from custody after a government raid on the smugglers, Margaret steals a horse and tries to join him. In a fight with the coast guards, Laud is killed an Margaret is arrested for horse-stealing and transported to Botany Bay. Only part of the film survives today.