Made by York Amateur Cine Club, this 1933 fiction film re-enacts the life and times of Dick Turpin. Title | York Movie Makers Present Dick Turpin and his Famous Ride to York Written and directed by G Trafford Drayton Camera work by Edgar Thorpe Title | The Players: Dick Turpin - G Marshall Newgate Runners - W Marshall " - W Calvert " - P Monfort Prison Governor - A M Garbutt Chaplain - C S Buntehin Gaolers - D M Spencer " - J Hutchinson Squire and his Lady - Dr and Mrs R.A....

Made by York Amateur Cine Club, this 1933 fiction film re-enacts the life and times of Dick Turpin. Title | York Movie Makers Present Dick Turpin and his Famous Ride to York Written and directed by G Trafford Drayton Camera work by Edgar Thorpe Title | The Players: Dick Turpin - G Marshall Newgate Runners - W Marshall " - W Calvert " - P Monfort Prison Governor - A M Garbutt Chaplain - C S Buntehin Gaolers - D M Spencer " - J Hutchinson Squire and his Lady - Dr and Mrs R.A. Dench Grandson - Master J Dench Grandfather - J Jackson Stableboy - J W Drayton High Sheriff - A M Garbutt Landlady - P U Garbett Landlady's Daughter - P Gawthorne Landlord - J Ward Informer - M Garbutt [Toll Collectors], Farmhands and Ladies played by: C Gawthorne P Pollard R Butterfield G Wells J Monfort N Thorpe V Drayton E Walker Master P Dench Title | Dick Turpin. The horses by the courtesy of Mr Marshall, Clifton Riding School The stage coach by the courtesy of Messrs. Leedham, Lendall (sic.) Bridge, York Title | Foreword Many of the scenes in this picture are enacted on the actual spot which the famous highwayman was known to have visited, including the famous York Castle where he was tried and condemned to death. The actual leg irons & shackles worn by Dick Turpin during his imprisonment in the castle are seen in the picture by courtesy of Dr W E Collings (D.S.A.) of the Yorkshire Museum. Title | Examined by the Board of Amateur Cine World and Specially Commended The opening shot is of a small boy (Jeffery Dench) reading a book about a highwayman. Title | "Who is this man, Grandpa?" The boy is sitting on his grandfather's lap. Title | "Now dear, listen carefully and I'll tell you the story." The grandfather begins to read from the book, the title of which is shown to be "Dick Turpin and his Famous Ride to York". Title | Once upon a time there was a highwayman known as Dick Turpin. He had a beautiful horse called Black Bess. Now one day he was being taken prisoner to Newgate Prison, whilst on the way he - A man dressed in highwayman's costume is being escorted with his hands tied behind his back towards Newgate Prison. He escapes by pushing his gaolers into the bars and hiding behind a wall, where an accomplice takes him to a stable and he rides off on a horse. The gaolers run into a building. Title | "Turpin has escaped" Three runners leave the building and head for the stables and mount their horses. Meanwhile, Turpin rides through a toll gate in the countryside where a man shakes his fist at him. The three runners follow. Title | "Turpin?" "Yes, he made for Epping Forest" The man at the toll gate points the runners in the right direction. Turpin is trotting along whilst the three runners ask some women who also point in the direction that the highwayman had taken. Turpin dismounts briefly but the runners are closing in and chase Turpin at a gallop. One of the runners falls off his horse and the others come back for him. Title | The Runners stop at a wayside hostelry before taking up the chase again. The three runners dismount and lead their horses into a stable after being beckoned by the landlord. The chase soon continues with Turpin taunting the runners and riding off again. He arrives at Ye Olde Green Man where a woman in an apron takes Turpin inside. He kisses the landlady's daughter and has some food and drink. Back outside, one of the runners stops when he sees four men tilling the land. Title | "Looking for Turpin? He made towards the 'Green Man'" The three runners head towards the tavern and hammer on the door. Title | "Open in the name of the King" Turpin makes to hide inside the inn. Title | "Quick - the barn" Two of the runners enter the pub whilst one checks around the back. Turpin jumps out of the barn door and mounts his horse, fighting off the runner's feeble attempt to stop him. At a junction showing ways either to London or Grantham, Turpin heads north and the runners chase him on horseback. Title | "On, and on, over the borders of Yorkshire" After some more riding, there is a shot of the squire and his lady getting into a horse-drawn carriage. Turpin waits by the side of the road as the carriage is going past. Title | "Hands up! Your money or your life" The driver puts his hands up and Turpin dismounts his horse, carrying a pistol. He opens the carriage door and the squire and lady get out. The squire takes off his jacket and has a sword fight with Turpin. The squire loses his sword and hands over a pouch of money, before Turpin and the lady bow to one another. The highwayman bids farewell in an exaggerated and gentlemanly fashion and bends over to find that the lady has left a handkerchief behind. Title | She was one of England's fairest Turpin mounts his horse again and rides off. The squire's carriage meets the runners down the lane. Title | "Pardon, sirs, seen Turpin?" "Yes - the scoundrel's half a mile up the road. Title | On, on, to York, the runners in hot pursuit. The pursuit continues. Title | Bess, with a splendid effort jumps the last toll gate to York. Turpin's horse jumps over a fence and the toll collector fires a pistol after him. Title | But the long journey has been too much, she falters - the end has come, she can go no further. Turpin feels his lame horse's leg, and Bess is seen lying down on the ground. Title | "Good bye Bess! - you have been the best friend a man ever had." Turpin walks off dejectedly over the fields, but another rider comes past. The highwayman pulls out his pistol and takes the man's horse. The runners keep chasing him and Turpin stables his horse in a barn, where he is spotted by a woman. He then enters a tavern and is served a pint of beer, recounting his story to the other customers. The runners arrive at the magistrates' court and the High Sheriff leads them inside. The woman who had seen Turpin runs up behind them. Title | "I - I - have seen Turpin enter an inn." "Sure?" "Yes - follow me and I'll show you" The informer leads the runners to the inn and they seize Turpin. Title | "Turpin, I arrest you in the name of the King" Bound by ropes, Turpin is taken outside and slung over a horse's back. He is carried to a cell which attracts an audience of women. A man reads a scroll which is then affixed to the cell door, and reads "Turpin condemned to death". The clasps of the leg irons holding Turpin are removed and he is led outside by a chaplain in a sombre procession. He is read his last rites and waits by the hangman's noose. Title |The end of the notorious highwayman The noose is placed over Turpin's neck. Title | "That my dear is the story of Dick Turpin" The young boy from the beginning of the film has fallen asleep on his grandfather's lap. The camera zooms in on the book, which reads "The End".