Hands Across the Sea
1912-02-08 · 50 min · ★ 10.0
Jack Dudley, an English farmer, is married to Lilian, who is desired by the evil Robert Stilwood. While Jack and Lilian are honeymooning in Paris, Stilwood frames Dudley for murder and he is sentenced to imprisonment in a French penal colony in New Caledonia. He escapes and is rescued by a British man-o-war.
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- Gaston Mervale
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- Australian Life Biograph Company
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