The Kelly Gang
| The Kelly Gang | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Godfrey Cass as Ned Kelly | |
| Directed by | Harry Southwell |
| Produced by | Harry Southwell |
| Written by | Harry Southwell |
| Starring |
Godfrey Cass Victor Upton-Brown Horace Crawford |
| Cinematography | Charles Herschell |
Production company |
Southwell Screen Plays |
Release dates | 21 February 1920 |
Running time | 7,500 feet |
| Country | Australia |
| Language |
Silent film English intertitles |
| Budget | ₤450[1] |
| Box office | ₤20,000[1] |
The Kelly Gang is an Australian feature-length film about the Australian bush ranger, Ned Kelly. The film was released in 1920, and is the second film to be based on the life of Ned Kelly, the first being The Story of the Kelly Gang, released in 1906.[2]
Cast
- Godfrey Cass as Ned Kelly
- Victor Upton-Brown as Dan Kelly
- Horace Crawford as Joe Byrne
- Jack McGowan as Steve Hart
- Robert Inman as Aron Sherritt
- Thomas Sinclair as Sergeant Kennedy
- Harry Southwell as Sergeant Steele
- Cyril Mackay as Constable McIntyre
- Adele Inman as Kate Kelly
- Maud Appleton as Ms Kelly
- Frank Tomlin as Constable Scanlon
Production
Filming took place in late 1919 in a temporary studio in the Melbourne suburb of Coburg with additional scenes shot on the outskirts of Melbourne at Croydon and Warburton.[3]
Release
At the time the New South Wales government had banned films on bushranging but this movie escaped it, most likely due to its opening warning against breaking the law. The movie was reasonably successful.[2]
Other Ned Kelly films
- The Story of the Kelly Gang (1906)
- When the Kellys Were Out (1923)
- When the Kellys Rode (1934)
- A Message to Kelly (1947)
- The Glenrowan Affair (1951)
- Stringybark Massacre (1967)
- Ned Kelly (1970)
- Reckless Kelly (1993)
- Ned Kelly (2003)
- Ned (2003)
References
- 1 2 "£100,000 SPENT." Advocate (Burnie, Tas) 5 Jan 1928: 6 accessed 6 December 2011
- 1 2 Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, 96.
- ↑ "In the Theatres.". The Mail. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 1 May 1920. p. 6. Retrieved 25 July 2012.
External links
- The Kelly Gang at the National Film and Sound Archive
- The Kelly Gang at the Internet Movie Database
- Variety review
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