Dope

Dope is a 1924 Australian silent film about a respected citizen who is blackmailed by someone from his past. It is considered a lost film. Synopsis Hugh Murnin, a pillar of Sydney society, has a secret past as a pearler on Thursday Island, during which time he believes he killed a man in a drunken brawl. He is blackmailed by one of his old drinking mates, Slick Harvey, who also tries to seduce Murnin's daughter, Mildred (Lorraine Esmond). Mildred's fiancé, Tom (Gordon Collingridge) exposes Harvey as the leader of a gang of opium smugglers and that it was he, not Murnin, who killed the man on Thursday Island. Mildred and Tom get married. Cast Gordon Collingridge as Tom Searle Lorraine Esmond as Mildred Murnin Charles Villiers Monica Mack Robert Purdie Jack Raymond William Newman J.N. Tait Production The script was written by Sydney journalist and author Con Drew, and was originally titled The Trail of the Twang.