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Advertisement, Referee, 1 November 1911, p.16
form y separately published work icon The Double Event single work   film/TV   crime   adventure   romance  
Adaptation of The Double Event : A Tale of the Melbourne Cup Nat Gould , 1891 single work novel
Issue Details: First known date: 1911... 1911 The Double Event
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Finding his brother out in an attempted murder but unwilling to expose him for the sake of the family name, Jack Drayton departs for Australia under the assumed name Jack Marston. In Melbourne, he falls in love with a bookmaker's daughter, wins the Melbourne Cup, and attracts the unwanted attentions of the murderous blackmailer Fletcher.

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