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''The Five of Hearts'' is an Australian film. It is also known as ''A Maiden's Distress''.〔Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, ''Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production'', Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, 20.〕 It is considered a lost film. ==Plot== In the old American west, Rose, the daughter of Colonel Daniels, is kidnapped by a desperado named Black Bill at the instigation of Captain Clarke, a rejected lover. She is taken to an Indian camp where she is subjected to torture by being tied to a tree, and daggers thrown all round her until she is completely surrounded by them. She is rescued by Buffalo Bill, her lover. Black Bill and Captain Clarke are killed. According to contemporary reports, the scenes of the film were: *Captain Clarke's Treachery; *Chloroformed; *On the Trail; *Jim Blake's Shanty; *In the Indian Camp; *Rose Tortured; *Surrounded by Daggers; *Rescued; *Buffalo Bill at the Stake; *The Indian Chiefs Fight with Knives; *Black Bill's Lair; *The Traitors Punished. Another report said that "'the scene is laid on the outskirts of the Indian Reservation, a country made famous by the exploits of the renowned Buffalo Bill, and the story of the play treats of the adventures of the colonel in charge of the military post and a notorious cattle stealer whom he eventually makes captive." 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Five of Hearts」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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