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Remorse, a Story of the Red Plague is a 1917 Australian silent film about a naive country boy who visits the big city and contracts syphilis. The movie is now considered a lost film.[2]

Remorse, a Story of the Red Plague
Directed by	J. E. Mathews
Starring	Cyril Mackay
Cinematography	Harry Krischok
Production company	Mathews Photoplay Producing Company
Distributed by	Co-Operative Film Exchange (NSW)
Release date	3 January 1917 (Adelaide)[1]
Running time	4 reels
Country	Australia
Languages	Silent film English intertitles

Plot

Jack Rundle (Cyril Mackay) works on a station and falls in love with Nellie Fallon, his father's ward, Nellie Fallon (Mabel Dyson). When he goes to the city on business he falls into bad company, contracts syphilis and returns home to find himself an outcast. Years later he finds his brother Ted has married Nellie. He then kills himself.

Production

The film was shot in Adelaide, using pupils from Mathews' acting school.[3]

Release

There was some doubt over whether the movie would be released. But the South Australian censor passed it because they regarded it as having a moral message, although children under sixteen were not admitted.[4] Public response was very strong.[5][6]

The film was originally banned in New South Wales by the censor but this was overturned on appeal.[2]

Cast

• Cyril Mackay as Jack Rundle
• Mabel Dyson as Nellie Fallon
• Ida Gresham
• Marie D’Alton
• C.R. Stanford
• Victor Fitzherbert
• Claude Burton

References

External links

• Remorse, a Story of the Red Plague at IMDb
• Remorse, a Story of the Red Plague at National Film and Sound Archive

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