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Directed by Alfred Rolfe Release date 29 April 1912 Country Australia Director Alfred Rolfe People also search for In the Nick of Time | 5.8/10 IMDb Starring Charles Villiers Running time over 3,000 feet Initial release 1912 Cast Charles Villiers | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Language Silent film
English intertitles Production company Australian Photo-Play Company | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Cheat is a 1912 Australian silent film directed by Alfred Rolfe. It is considered a lost film.
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Silent film the cheat with organ accompaniment by paul morris at crediton congregational church
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".
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The movie advertised the film as "teaming with sensational incidents and told in the picturesque surroundings of the Australian Bush."
According to the Adelaide Register "it is a particularly interesting film,the spectator with any sense of emotion is worked up to a high pitch of enthusiasm as the subject is being screened."