On location with robbery under arms tv movie 1985 imdb. Both of the set and filmed in australia and made in 1957 feature films starring actor peter finch, the shiralee 1957 and robbery under arms 1957, have been remade by the south australian film corporation see. Home film categories actionadventure page 4 showing 3748 of 52 results default sorting sort by popularity sort by latest sort by price. An expanded tv version of the original feature film also starring sam neill, this is the complete threepart miniseries of the rollicking adventure classic. Robbery under arms 1985 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. Away from the savage beauty of the australian wilderness, former documentary filmmaker jack lee drains all the drama from the round of robberies, escapes. Made by the south australian film corporation during the. Robbery under arms sound and technicolour film version for the british rank organisation, directed by jack lee, starring peter finch as captain starlight.
Many cinematic versions of this story which first appeared in 1889 authored by rolf boldrewood have been produced, the first was an australian film dating back to 1907, and this mid80s. Robbery under arms is a 1920 australian film directed by kenneth brampton and financed by mining magnate pearson tewksbury. Partly filmed on location in australia, robbery under arms is presented here in a transfer from original film elements in its asexhibited theatrical aspect ratio. Overview of robbery under arms, 1957, directed by jack lee, with peter finch, ronald lewis, maureen swanson, at turner classic movies. The story concerns a real life bushranger outlaw named. Outback, south australia, australia is this interesting. Robbery under arms silent film written and directed by actor kenneth brampton, who also played the role of captain starlight. Shooting began in january 1957 on location in australia at the flinders ranges, south australia and near bourke, new south wales, with two days filming at pagewood studios. It was from the team of j and n tait and millard johnson and w gibson, who had just made the story of the kelly gang.
With patrick frost, jock blair, paul chubb, ernie clark. Curators notes robbery under arms 1985 on aso australias. This 1920 silent film was made by kenneth brampton, who wrote, produced, directed and starred in it. So it was decided to make a film as well at the same time, based on separate scripts.
This filmed production of robbery under arms, the fifth, was made and first released just under thirty years after the previous version of the same name, the fourth, had premiered in 1957. Robbery under arms is a 1985 australian action adventure film starring sam neill as bushranger captain starlight. Robbery under arms is a 1907 australian film based on the popular novel. This was, i believe, the first time a feature length film was photographed in such a manner in australia and based on the novel by rolf boldrewood. Robbery under arms 1985 movies, tv, celebs, and more. A story of life and adventure in the bush and in the australian goldfields book. Before this 1985 version there had been five attempts to tell this story, the best known being the australianbritish feature film of 1957 starring peter finch as. The film was then given a joint premiere at the two main towns that served as a base for location filming on december 4th 1957 port august and bourke. The final shot is of gracey and dick heroically framed against the bush sky the film presents in two parts on dvd, as it did in its original cinema release. Another film based on the same the book came out the same year, which was filmed in sydney. Perhaps what is most distinguishing about robbery under arms is its very noticeable utilisation of the 50s, garish technicolor process. Actionadventure archives page 4 of 5 vci entertainment. The film was shot partly on location in the flinders rangers and at the safc studios in adelaide.