Robbery Under Arms

Name: Robbery Under Arms
Director: Ken Hannam
Genre: Western, History
Released: 1985-03-28
Duration: 2 h 21 min
Rating: 6.5
Cast: Sam Neill, Steven Vidler, Christopher Cummins, Liz Newman, Jane Menelaus

“At last a movie as big as the legend”

1985

2h 21m

Western History

Director: Ken Hannam

Writers: Graeme Koetsveld, Tony Morphett

Overview

Fourth adaptation and first made for television of the classic Australian bushranger novel "Robbery Under Arms" by Rolf Boldrewood. Made by the South Australian Film Corporation during the mini-series boom of the 1980s and lensed in the Flinders Ranges, it stars Sam Neill as the infamous Captain Starlight.