The Romantic Story of Margaret Catchpole (movie)
- User score: 5
- Production country: Australia
- Producer: Raymond Longford
- Production companies: Spencer's Pictures
- Genre: Adventure, Drama
- Release date: 8/6/1911
- Run time: 26 min.
Movie description
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.
