The Life and Adventures of John Vane, the Notorious Australian Bushranger
The Life and Adventures of John Vane, the Notorious Australian Bushranger is a 1910 Australian silent film about the bushranger John Vane, who was a member of Ben Halls gang.
The film starts with John Vane accepting a wager that he wouldnt bail up a Chinese man. Then Vane wins his bet by robbing a Chinese man, leading to headlines which say Robbery Under Arms by John Vane and Vane fleeing to the bush with his sweetheart. Later adventures include his capture and release of his sweetheart the sticking up of the Keightley Homestead the shooting of Michael Burke, which leads to Vane joining the Ben Hall gang Vanes change of heart and surrender to Father McCarthy. He serves fifteen years in prison and after release retires comfortably.According to a contemporary report the comic element is not forgotten, for the scene in which Vane is shown bailing up a Chinaman and discovers the booty hidden in the horses tail, and the various intercits of the Celestial to avoid detection of the plant are not without their humorous side. Most attention however, is paid to the sensational. ........
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