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Robbery Under Arms (1985)

Name: Robbery Under Arms
Director: Donald Crombie
Genre: Western, History
Released: 1985-03-28
Duration: 141 min
Rating: 6.4
Cast: Sam Neill, Steven Vidler, Christopher Cummins, Liz Newman, Jane Menelaus

March 28, 19852h 21mEN

6.4

5 votes

Western History

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.

Director

Donald Crombie

Writers

Michael Jenkins, Graeme Koetsveld, Rolf Boldrewood