It Is Never Too Late to Mend

It Is Never Too Late to Mend is an Australian featurelength film directed by W. J. Lincoln. It was based on a stage adaptation of the popular 1865 novel It Is Never Too Late to Mend by Charles Reade about convict Australia. The novel has been credited with exposing cruelties in the Australian prison system and having helped end the convict system.

George Fielding travels to Australia to make enough money to marry his cousin, Susan Meadows, who is desired by the evil John Meadows. George discovers gold and a bushranger gang tries to rob him but the other miners come to Georges rescue.There is a subplot about a thief acquaintance of George, Tom Robinson, who is sent to gaol and suffers brutal treatment at the hands of the guards. Susan is about to marry the evil Meadows but he is unmasked at the wedding by Isaac Levy. The wedding goes ahead with Susan marrying George instead. ........

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