Film

The Romantic Story of Margaret Catchpole

5.0

0h 26m

1911

Synopsis

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.

Director

Raymond Longford

AdventureDrama

Cast & Crew

Lottie Lyell

as Margaret Catchpole

Raymond Longford

as Will Laud

Augustus Neville

as Lieutenant Barry

Sybil Wilde

as Little Kitty

William Coulter

as Lord Chief Justice

Walter Vincent

as Captain Luff - Smuggler

Fred Hardy

as Chaloner Archdeckne

Jack Goodall

as Edward Catchpole

Fred Twitchin

as Mr. Cobbold

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