Queen of the Smugglers

Queen of the Smugglers

The Romantic Story of Margaret Catchpole
🎞️ Movie 26 min AU
โ˜… 5.4 /10 1911

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.

Cast

Lottie Lyell
Lottie Lyell
Margaret Catchpole
Raymond Longford
Raymond Longford
Will Laud
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Augustus Neville
Lt. Barry
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Sybil Wilde
Little Kitty
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William Coulter
Lord Chief Justice
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E. Melville
Justice Heath
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Fred Hardy
Chaloner Archdeckne
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Walter Vincent
Capt. Luff - Smuggler
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Fred Twitchin
Mr. Cobbold
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Jack Goodall
Edward Catchpole
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Arthur Higgins
Cinematographer