| The Crime and the Criminal | |
| Director: | Alfred Rolfe |
| Starring: | Charles Villiers |
| Studio: | Australian Photo-Play Company[1] |
| Released: | [2] |
| Runtime: | 3,000 feet[3] |
| Language: | Silent film English intertitles |
| Country: | Australia |
The Crime and the Criminal is a 1912 Australian silent film directed by Alfred Rolfe. It features the same railway collision as the climax in Do Men Love Women? (1912) which had come out only a few weeks prior. However the plots of the movies are different.[4] [5]
The film was set in Sydney and the Kimberley.[6]
It is considered a lost film.[7]
According to the Sydney Truth the film "deals with an intensely thrilling story, pictured with true melodramatic emphasis. Local coloring is faithfully introduced, and % big sensation is providedin a realistic railway smash. The jealous hatred of the unscrupulous criminal for bis successful brother provides a strong plot."[8]
The film debuted at the Alhambra Theatre in Sydney on 19 February. That theatre had just shown A Daughter of Australia.[9]
The Sun said "the subject and plot are well constructed: : It should command the attention of picture lovers."[10]
The Bulletin said the film "pulls the public leg to excess, and drags the long arm of coincidence out of joint and all reason."