| Retribution | |
| Director: | Armand Lionello |
| Starring: | Thorene Adair |
| Studio: | Astrolat Film Company |
| Runtime: | seven reels |
| Country: | Australia |
| Language: | Silent film English intertitles |
| Gross: | £130 |
Retribution is a 1921 Australian silent film directed by Armand Lionello, who ran a Brisbane acting school. The film was shot in Brisbane and is considered a lost film.[1]
A female detective tries to bust a crime ring operating in the city and in the sapphire mines of Anakie. The gang kill old man "Dawn", the sapphire king, and steal his gems. The detective's sister, a young nurse, is accused of the crime and imprisoned. The detective tries to clear her sister's name. There are two romantic subplots.[2]
It was the first entirely locally made Brisbane film. Local buildings featured heavily, including Boggo Road Gaol. It was shot over three months, in between June and August 1921.[2]
Scenes from the movie were enacted at a recital.[3]
The film was poorly reviewed and seems to have flopped at the box office.[1] The Astrolat Film Company announced plans to make another movie, Whose Baby? but it appears never to have been shot.[4]
Star Thora Galli later sued Astrolat for £200 in unpaid wages. Her husband Leo worked on the movie.[5]