The Cheat
Directed byAlfred Rolfe
StarringCharles Villiers
Production
company
Release date
29 April 1912[1]
Running time
over 3,000 feet[2]
CountryAustralia
LanguagesSilent film
English intertitles

The Cheat is a 1912 Australian silent film directed by Alfred Rolfe. It is considered a lost film.

Synopsis

An Englishman is wrongly accused of a crime and flees to Australia. On the boat over he saves the life of a squatter's daughter when she falls overboard. In gratitude, the girl's father gives him a job on his station. The Englishman falls in love with the girl and they get engaged to be married. However he faces opposition from the station manager, who causes trouble for them. The climax involves a bushfire and "ride for life".[3][4]

Cast

Release

The movie advertised the film as "teaming with sensational incidents and told in the picturesque surroundings of the Australian Bush."[5]

References

  1. ^ "Advertising". The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954). NSW: National Library of Australia. 2 May 1912. p. 2. Retrieved 29 March 2012.
  2. ^ "Williamstown Theatre". Williamstown Chronicle (Vic. : 1856 - 1954). Vic.: National Library of Australia. 18 May 1912. p. 2. Retrieved 29 March 2012.
  3. ^ Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, p 34
  4. ^ "AMUSEMENTS". The Register (Adelaide, SA : 1901 - 1929). Adelaide, SA: National Library of Australia. 12 June 1912. p. 5. Retrieved 29 March 2012.
  5. ^ "Advertising". The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954). NSW: National Library of Australia. 1 May 1912. p. 2. Retrieved 25 August 2013.

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Films directed by Alfred Rolfe
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