Bushranger's Ransom, or A Ride for Life (1911)

Directed by

E. J. Cole

Genre

silent film, bushranging film

Country

Australia

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A bushranger gang raids a homestead in 1863 Australia. A rider races to rescue a hostage held for ransom.

old-timeyaction-packedhistoricaldramaticfast-pacedcheerfulstagedretro

What happens

Bushranger's Ransom, or A Ride for Life was an Australian silent film produced by Pathé Frères' in 1911, their first motion picture production in Australia after establishing a branch office in Sydney in April 1910. It was adapted from a stage play first performed in 1907 by E. I. Cole's Bohemian Dramatic Company. The play and film were based on actual events, namely the raid in October 1863 on Keightley's 'Dunn's Plains' homestead, south of Bathurst, by the bushranger Ben Hall and his gang. Actors of the Bohemian Dramatic Company performed in the film. An Aboriginal man, 'Mulga' Fred Wilson, was also a cast member, advertised as "the first Australian aboriginal actor to appear in a photo play". Bushranger's Ransom is considered a lost film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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