Robbery Under Arms (1985 film)
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Duration Language English | 6.6/10 IMDb Genre Action, Adventure, Crime Country Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Director Donald CrombieKen Hannam Release date 28 March 1985 Based on novel by Rolf Boldrewood Writer Rolf Boldrewood (novel), Michael Jenkins (adaptation), Graeme Koetsveld, Tony Morphett Cast Similar movies Ned Kelly (2003) Tagline At last a movie as big as the legend | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Robbery Under Arms is a 1985 Australian action adventure film starring Sam Neill as bushranger Captain Starlight. Joined by bush larrikin, Ben Marston (Ed Devereaux), and Ben’s two adventure-hungry sons (Steven Vidler and Christopher Cummins), Starlight leads his gang of wild colonial boys in search of riches, romance – and other men’s cattle.
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There were two versions shot simultaneously - a feature film and a TV mini series.
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Cast
Production
Jock Blair first had the idea to remake the story in 1981 when he was working at the South Australian Film Corporation. It was originally envisioned that it would be a mini series but it was budgeted at a million dollars an hour which was felt to be too expensive. So it was decided to make a film as well at the same time, based on separate scripts.
There were two writers and two directors. Writing the script took two years.
The film was shot partly on location in the Flinders Rangers and at the SAFC studios in Adelaide. The two directors collaborated well together, and Ken Hannam was relieved to work with the SAFC again after the difficulties on Sunday Too Far Away.
Production took 20 weeks.
Box office
Robbery Under Arms grossed $226,648 at the box office in Australia.
References
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