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The Reprieve (1913 film)
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Wikipedia article
'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.Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, 'Australian Film 19001977: A Guide to Feature Film Production', Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, p45
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
*Roy Redgrave
*Beryl Bryant
*Godfrey Cass
*George Bryant
*Tom Cannam
*Violet Grey
*Ward Lyons
*Charles Wheeler
*John Brunton
*Jessie Brown
Production
The film was the fifth production from Lincoln Cass.
References
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