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''Bushranger's Ransom, or A Ride for Life'' is an Australian film starring the Bohemia Dramatic Company of E. I. Cole. It is adapted from a stage play about a real-life raid by bushranger Ben Hall on the Keightley household near Bathurst in 1863.〔("ALDRIDGE'S PICTURES." ) ''The Barrier Miner'' (Broken Hill, NSW) 10 June 1911: 5, accessed 28 December 2011〕〔(Penzig, Edgar F., 'Hall, Ben (1837–1865)' ), ''Australian Dictionary of Biography'', National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, accessed 11 January 2012〕 It reportedly features the first Australian aboriginal actor in a film.〔 It is considered a lost film. ==Plot== In 1863 Ben Hall and his men, Johnny Gilbert, John O'Meally, John Vane and Rick Burke hide out at their camp at the Black Stump, close to Rockley, over looking the Bathurst-road. Their guard is the aboriginal Mulga Fred. After a successful raid upon Bathurst, Hall discovers that the gold commissioner at Dunn's Plains, near Rockley (about 30 miles from Bathurst), had determined to break up the gang. Hall led a raid on Keightley's house. Warned by his son, Cyril, of the bushrangers' approach, Mr. Keightley accompanied by his wife and a friend, Dr. 'Peohey, barricaded themselves in the house, where they resisted for six hours. The bushrangers drew straws to see who should blow the lock of the door open. The loser was Mick Bourke who was accidentally shot by a comrade. In his pain he asked to be put out of his mesery and Ben Hall did so. Eventually the defenders surrender, their ammunition having run out. John Vane wanted to shoot Keightley in revenge for Bourke but Hall refuses to do so. Hall and his men spend the night at the homestead. Hall offers to spare Mr Keightley's life if he can raise £500 and gives his wife eight hours to ride 62 miles to Bathurst to collect the money from her father at the bank. She manages to accomplish this just before the bushrangers are about to shoot Keightley, and Hall leaves the homestead with the Keightleys alive.〔Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, ''Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production'', Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, 17.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bushranger's Ransom, or A Ride for Life」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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