Captain starlight is joined by bush larrikin, ben marston, and bens two adventurehungry sons, starlight leads his gang of wild colonial boys in search of riches, romance and other mens cattle. Robbery under armsstreaming umbrella entertainment on demand. Frontier and pioneer life australia fiction subject. The film version of robbery under arms goes on forever but doesnt make sense because there are whole areas of the story that just dont exist in the film. Thanks to the generosity of the rights holders, we are able to offer sorry for the holdup from the television program robbery under arms as a high quality video download. Robbery under armsstreaming umbrella entertainment on. With sam neill, steven vidler, christopher cummins, liz newman. To play the downloadable video, you need quicktime 7. After some daring escapades, including a hotair balloon assisted jailbreak, the boys decide to change their lives and go straight after one last job. Robbery under arms is available for free download at the internet archive. Low this article has been rated as lowimportance on the projects importance. On location with robbery under arms tv movie 1985 imdb. Movie trailer robbery under arms 1985 tramman82mk2. With the chief of police and his men in tow, the outlaws will have to make a run for it in one last wild race to freedom.
It was abridged into a single volume in 1889 as part of macmillans onevolume colonial library series and has not been out. Robbery under arms 1920 at national film and sound archive. The film was made in the flinders ranges and capitalises on beautiful location scenery as well as the recreation of 19th century atmosphere. Robbery under arms 1985 film is within the scope of wikiproject australia, which aims to improve wikipedia s coverage of australia and australiarelated topics. Madefortelevision documentary about the making of the south australian film corporation production of robbery under arms 1985. Robbery under arms is a bushranger novel by thomas alexander browne, published under his pseudonym rolf boldrewood. This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original.
Two brothers join their father in captain starlights bush ranger gang in. An expanded tv version of the original feature film also starring sam neill, this is. Spoiller alert the cattle drive of stolen cattle and sale in adelaide is based on actual events when a rogue by the name of harry redford did the selfsame thing. Robbery under arms peter finch ronald lewis maureen swanson 1957 two brothers join their father in captain starlights peter finch bushranger gang in 19thcentury australia. Where the 1985 feature film version of rolf boldrewoods 1882 colonial novel started with a bold bushranger train robbery, episode one of the simultaneously filmed miniseries starts with a brief scene of captain starlight sam neill frolicking with a damsel in front of a blazing fire. To quote the author though presented in the guise of fiction, this chronicle of the marston family must not be set down by the reader as wholly fanciful or exaggerated.
Aug 26, 2010 rousing music composed by garry mcdonald and laurie stone for robbery under arms, the 1985 australian miniseries. Robbery under arms is a 1957 british crime film directed by jack lee and starring peter finch, ronald lewis, laurence naismith and jill ireland. 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. Fourth adaptation and first made for television of the classic australian bushranger novel robbery under arms by rolf boldrewood. Robbery under arms 1985 cast and crew two brothers steven vidler, christopher cummins join their father in captain starlights sam neill bushranger gang in. Robbery under arms is a 1985 australian action adventure film starring sam neill as bushranger captain starlight. If you would like to participate, visit the project page. Robbery under arms a story of life and adventure in the bush and in the australian goldfields. Robbery under arms wikisource, the free online library. An expanded tv version of the original feature film also starring sam neill, this is the complete threepart miniseries of the rollicking adventure classic.
Project gutenberg offers 61,628 free ebooks to download. Two brothers join their father in captain starlights bush ranger gang in 19th century australia. Robbery under arms 1985 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. It was edited into a single volume in 1889 as part of macmillans colonial library series and has. It was the first film version of the novel and the third australian feature ever made. Made by the south australian film corporation during the miniseries boom of the 1980s and lensed in the flinders ranges, it stars sam neill as the infamous captain starlight. Oct 28, 2018 robbery under arms is a classic australian novel by rolf boldrewood a pseudonym for thomas alexander browne. With peter finch, ronald lewis, david mccallum, maureen swanson. Aug 31, 2017 an expanded tv version of the original feature film also starring sam neill, this is the complete threepart miniseries of the rollicking adventure classic. It rails against criminality and exalts the virtuous life, contrasting the fate of the mastons to that of their neighbour george storefield who achieves riches and authority by steady and honest hard work. Robbery under arms 1985 cast and crew two brothers steven vidler, christopher cummins join their father in captain starlights sam neill bushranger gang in 19thcentury australia. Robbery under arms is a 1907 australian silent westerndrama film based on the novel by rolf boldrewood about two brothers and their relationship with the bushranger captain starlight. Robbery under arms is a 1920 australian film directed by kenneth brampton and financed by mining magnate pearson tewksbury. Dec 15, 2010 movie trailer robbery under arms 1985 tramman82mk2.
Rousing music composed by garry mcdonald and laurie stone for robbery under arms, the 1985 australian miniseries. It was first published in serialised form by the sydney mail between july 1882 and august 1883, then in three volumes in london in 1888. Made by the south australian film corporation during the miniseries boom of the 1980s and lensed in the flinders ranges, it stars sam neill as the infamous. Robbery under arms 1985 clip 2 on aso australias audio. Robbery under arms 1957 two brothers join their father in captain starlights peter finch bushranger gang in 19thcentury australia. For more details of this simultaneous production, see the main listing of the feature film at ozmovies here. Librivox recording of robbery under arms, by rolf boldrewood. With patrick frost, jock blair, paul chubb, ernie clark. Joined by bush larrikin, ben marston ed devereaux, and bens two adventurehungry sons steven vidler and christopher cummins, starlight leads his gang of wild colonial boys in search of riches, romance and other mens cattle. A tale of cattle duffing, horse stealing and bushranging in the new south wales outback with captain starlight. Start this article has been rated as startclass on the projects quality scale. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks. Sep 05, 2017 robbery under arms aus mini series excerpt.
Made by the south australian film corporation during the miniseries boom of the 1980s and lensed in the. Robbery under arms 1985 robbery under arms 1985 user. Robbery under arms 1985 clip 1 on aso australianscreen. Robbery under arms aus mini series excerpt youtube. An expanded tv version of the original feature film also starring sam neill, this is the complete threepart miniseries of the rollicking. Apr 07, 2014 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. Robbery under arms is a classic australian novel by rolf boldrewood a pseudonym for thomas alexander browne. Robbery under arms sound and technicolour film version for the british rank organisation, directed by jack lee, starring peter finch as captain starlight. Mar 06, 2019 uk robbery under arms 1985 sam neill stars as the suave and enigmatic bushranger, captain starlight, in this lavish action adventure tale which is based on the classic. Robbery under arms a story of life and adventure in the bush and in the australian goldfields language. Robbery under arms 1985 ken hannam, donald crombie.
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