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The Reprieve (1913 film)

The Reprieve is a 1913 Australian melodrama film directed by W. J. Lincoln about a man on trial for killing his unfaithful wife. It is considered a lost film. Contemporary reviews were positive.

Plot

Richard Gannon discovers his wife Amy has been cheating on him with a man called Jim Williams and accidentally kills her in a fit of anger by pushing her over a cliff. He is arrested and sentenced to death but the judge recommends mercy and asks the Home Secretary for a reprieve.

The Home Secretary at first refuses, but when he mistakenly comes to believe that his own wife is unfaithful with a former lover, he realises how easy it would have been to kill her.

After this, he grants a reprieve for Gannon and resolves to show his wife more affection.

The chapter headings were:

  • Condemned to Death.
  • The Power of Love.
  • Leave my House, you Scoundrel.
  • Should a faithless woman be destroyed.
  • I have killed Her.
  • The Vigil of the Night.
  • A story that will hold you spell-bound.
  • You are no better than Richard Gannon, the man you refuse to reprieve.

Cast

Production

The film was the fifth production from Lincoln Cass.

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