The Bushwhackers
The Bushwhackers is a 1925 Australian silent film directed by Raymond Longford loosely based on Alfred Tennyson's 1864 poem Enoch Arden. It is considered a lost film.
Plot
Bill Lawson (Eddie O'Reilly), a wharf labourer, loses his job and decides to go out bush to find work to support his wife Elsa (Stella Southern) and daughter Betty. He befriends a well-born Englishman, Kenneth Hillyard (Rawdon Blandford) after rescuing him from two thugs and the two decide to go prospecting together. They have a variety of adventures, including comic ones with Farmer Skinner, who got bitten by a snake, and working as a cook. They stumble upon a gold deposit.
Cast
More details
author | Raymond Longford |
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director | Raymond Longford |
genre | drama |
keywords | river walk |
producer | Charles Perry Lottie Lyell Raymond Longford |
productionCompany | The Sydney Morning Herald |
publisher | Australasian Films |
theme | silent |