The Reprieve (1913 film)

The Reprieve is a 1913 Australian melodrama film directed by W. J. Lincoln about a man on trial for killing his unfaithful wife. It is considered a lost film. Contemporary reviews were positive.

Plot
Richard Gannon discovers his wife Amy has been cheating on him with a man called Jim Williams and accidentally kills her in a fit of anger by pushing her over a cliff. He is arrested and sentenced to death but the judge recommends mercy and asks the Home Secretary for a reprieve.

The Home Secretary at first refuses, but when he mistakenly comes to believe that his own wife is unfaithful with a former lover, he realises how easy it would have been to kill her.

After this, he grants a reprieve for Gannon and resolves to show his wife more affection.

The chapter headings were:
 * Condemned to Death.
 * The Power of Love.
 * Leave my House, you Scoundrel.
 * Should a faithless woman be destroyed.
 * I have killed Her.
 * The Vigil of the Night.
 * A story that will hold you spell-bound.
 * You are no better than Richard Gannon, the man you refuse to reprieve.

Cast

 * Roy Redgrave
 * Beryl Bryant
 * Godfrey Cass
 * George Bryant
 * Tom Cannam
 * Violet Grey
 * Ward Lyons
 * Charles Wheeler
 * John Brunton
 * Jessie Brown

Production
The film was the fifth production from Lincoln Cass.