| 词条 | The Cheat (1912 film) |
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| name = The Cheat | image = | caption = | director = Alfred Rolfe | producer = | writer = | based on = | starring = Charles Villiers | music = | cinematography = | editing = | studio = Australian Photo-Play Company | distributor = | released = 29 April 1912[1] | runtime = over 3,000 feet[2] | language = Silent film English intertitles | country = Australia | budget = The Cheat is a 1912 Australian silent film directed by Alfred Rolfe. It is considered a lost film. SynopsisAn 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][5] Cast
ReleaseThe movie advertised the film as "teaming with sensational incidents and told in the picturesque surroundings of the Australian Bush."[6] 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."[7] References1. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article15360289 |title=Advertising. |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=2 May 1912 |accessdate=29 March 2012 |page=2 |publisher=National Library of Australia}} 2. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article69672141 |title=Williamstown Theatre. |newspaper=Williamstown Chronicle |location=Vic. |date=18 May 1912 |accessdate=29 March 2012 |page=2 |publisher=National Library of Australia}} 3. ^Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, p 34 4. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article59073935 |title=AMUSEMENTS. |newspaper=The Register |location=Adelaide |date=12 June 1912 |accessdate=29 March 2012 |page=5 |publisher=National Library of Australia}} 5. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article105238213 |title=EMPIRE THEATRE. |newspaper=Daily Herald |location=Adelaide |date=12 June 1912 |accessdate=9 June 2015 |page=3 |publisher=National Library of Australia}} 6. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article15328870 |title=Advertising. |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=1 May 1912 |accessdate=25 August 2013 |page=2 |publisher=National Library of Australia}} 7. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article59076911 |title=AMUSEMENTS. |newspaper=The Register |location=Adelaide |date=13 June 1912 |accessdate=27 April 2015 |page=5 |publisher=National Library of Australia}} External links
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