Robbery Under Arms

At last a movie as big as the legend

Duration: 141 min

Release date: 1985-03-28

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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.

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as Capt. Starlight

as Dick Marston

Christopher Cummins

Christopher Cummins

as Sir Frederick Morringer

as Trooper Fall

Michael Duffield

Michael Duffield

as Mr. Falkland

as Trooper Spring

as Mrs. Falkland

as Jury foreman

Imelda Blackwell

Imelda Blackwell

as Singer in pub

as Tattooed lady

as Peter Dawson

as Traveling salesman

Graham Caldwell

Graham Caldwell

as Lounger outside pub

as Host (border shanty)

as Man with shotgun

as Trooper Shearer

as Coach driver

as Anglican minister

as Shanty keeper

as Lady of Fashion

as Falkland's butler

as Squatter on jury

as Warder doctor

as Prison governor

as Sergeant (Sydney)

as Lady of Fashion

as Leo McCarthy

as Joe McCarthy

Mladen Mladenov

Mladen Mladenov

Maureen Sherlock

Maureen Sherlock

as Rich digger's lady

as Gambling curate

Christopher Smith

Christopher Smith

Sydney Feldheim

Sydney Feldheim

as Gold Commissioner

as Circus dwarf

as Drinker in shanty

as Predatory Daughter #1

as Predatory daughter #2

as Young Richard

as Telegraph clerk

as Miss Falkland

as Aboriginal tracker

as Gentlemen cricket match (1985) (uncredited)

as Falkland stockman (uncredited)

as (uncredited)

as Barman (uncredited)

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Rolf Boldrewood

Rolf Boldrewood

Michael Jenkins

Michael Jenkins

Graeme Koetsveld

Graeme Koetsveld

Executive Producer

Original Music Composer

Original Music Composer

Director of Photography

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