The Cheat is a 1912 Australian silent film directed by Alfred Rolfe. It is considered a lost film.[3]
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".[4][5][6]
The movie advertised the film as "teaming with sensational incidents and told in the picturesque surroundings of the Australian Bush."[7]
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."[8]
^Vagg, S., & Reynaud, D. (2016). Alfred Rolfe: Forgotten pioneer Australian film director. Studies in Australasian Cinema, 10(2),184-198. doi:10.1080/17503175.2016.1170950
^Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, p 34
^"AMUSEMENTS". The Register. Adelaide. 12 June 1912. p. 5. Retrieved 29 March 2012 – via National Library of Australia.
^"EMPIRE THEATRE". Daily Herald. Adelaide. 12 June 1912. p. 3. Retrieved 9 June 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
