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Queen of the Smugglers (1914)

Also known as The Romantic Story of Margaret Catchpole

1914 · Silent film · 26 min · dir. Raymond Longford

  • Adventure
  • Drama

Synopsis

The story opens with a May festival, during which Margaret Carrington is crowned Queen of the May. The rival lovers, a lieutenant in the army and a smuggler chief, meet Margaret, and she is compelled to choose between them. She chooses Morgan, the smuggler chief, and in a battle between the soldiers and the smugglers she persuades the lieutenant to let Morgan go free. The lieutenant resigns his commission and leaves for Australia. The soldiers are close on the track of the smugglers. A traitor…

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Details

Director
Raymond Longford
Cinematography
Arthur Higgins
Studio
Spencer's Pictures
Released
1911-08-06
Running time
26 minutes

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