The Romantic Story of Margaret Catchpole

• Movies
• 1911-08-06
• EN
• Released
• 0h 26m
• Adventure - Drama

• 5.0
• 6

Production

Spencer's Pictures

Storyline

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.