At last a movie as big as the legend
6.4
141 min
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.
Name | Character | Team | |
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Sam Neill | Capt. Starlight | Unowned |
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Steven Vidler | Dick Marston | Unowned |
Christopher Cummins | Jim Marston | Unowned | |
Liz Newman | Gracey | Unowned | |
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Jane Menelaus | Aileen | Unowned |
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Andy Anderson | George | Unowned |
Deborah Coulls | Kate | Unowned | |
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Susie Lindeman | Jeannie | Unowned |
Elaine Cusick | Mum | Unowned | |
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Ed Devereaux | Ben | Unowned |
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Tom E. Lewis | Warrigal | Unowned |
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Robert Grubb | Sir Frederick Morringer | Unowned |
David Bradshaw | Goring | Unowned | |
John Dick | Trooper Fall | Unowned | |
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Michael Duffield | Mr. Falkland | Unowned |
Keith Smith | Trooper Spring | Unowned | |
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Barbara West | Mrs. Falkland | Unowned |
Jack Harris | Big warder | Unowned | |
Tony Allison | Jury foreman | Unowned | |
Imelda Blackwell | Singer in pub | Unowned | |
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Rob George | Barman | Unowned |
Claire Benito | Tattooed lady | Unowned | |
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Glenn Boswell | Dick's mate | Unowned |
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Edmund Pegge | Peter Dawson | Unowned |
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Edwin Hodgeman | Jack Benson | Unowned |
Roger Cardwell | Traveling salesman | Unowned | |
Graham Caldwell | Lounger outside pub | Unowned | |
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Marcus Eyre | Host (border shanty) | Unowned |
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Jim Daly | Man with shotgun | Unowned |
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Paul Chubb | Mungo | Unowned |
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Joe D'Amato | Trooper Shearer | Unowned |
Tony Roberts | Florenzo | Unowned | |
Ian Gray | Coach driver | Unowned | |
Warwick Cooper | Mullockson | Unowned | |
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Patrick Frost | Anglican minister | Unowned |
Henry Salter | Detective | Unowned | |
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Peter Cummins | Moran | Unowned |
Edward Caddick | Shanty keeper | Unowned | |
Kathryn Fisher | Lady of Fashion | Unowned | |
Maurice Howie | Falkland's butler | Unowned | |
John Randells | Juryman | Unowned | |
Graham Craig | Squatter on jury | Unowned | |
Peter Goerecke | Court clerk | Unowned | |
Michael Spargo | Thin warder | Unowned | |
Craig Adams | Warder doctor | Unowned | |
Joel Rambouts | Warder | Unowned | |
John Kelly | Old convict | Unowned | |
David Burchell | Prison governor | Unowned | |
Owen Stickels | Sergeant (Sydney) | Unowned | |
Carmel Young | Lady of Fashion | Unowned | |
Simon Dent | Leo McCarthy | Unowned | |
Rob Van Amstel | Joe McCarthy | Unowned | |
Mladen Mladenov | Rich digger | Unowned | |
Maureen Sherlock | Rich digger's lady | Unowned | |
Graham Duckett | Gambling curate | Unowned | |
Christopher Smith | Digger | Unowned | |
Sydney Feldheim | Gold Commissioner | Unowned | |
Fred Draxler | Circus dwarf | Unowned | |
Jenny Elliott | Farm wife | Unowned | |
Leo Taylor | Prosecutor | Unowned | |
Gordon Cole | Mr. Hood | Unowned | |
Martin Klavins | McKellar | Unowned | |
Peter Dunn | Jones | Unowned | |
David Jobling | Rourke | Unowned | |
Dave Flannagan | Swaggie | Unowned | |
Wayne Anthoney | Norris | Unowned | |
Peter Davies | Bank clerk | Unowned | |
Mike Bakaloff | Desk clerk | Unowned | |
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Don Barker | Wilson | Unowned |
Robin Harrison | John Dawson | Unowned | |
Kevin Scully | Drinker in shanty | Unowned | |
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Celine O'Leary | Predatory Daughter #1 | Unowned |
Gabe Kelly | Predatory daughter #2 | Unowned | |
Paul Brennan | Young Richard | Unowned | |
Paula Carter | Nun / Nurse | Unowned | |
Russell Manion | Telegraph clerk | Unowned | |
Susan Guerin | Miss Falkland | Unowned | |
Jimmy James | Aboriginal tracker | Unowned | |
Theo Benton | Gentlemen cricket match (1985) (uncredited) | Unowned | |
Bill Stacey | Falkland stockman (uncredited) | Unowned | |
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Meme Thorne | (uncredited) | Unowned |
Bryan Young | Barman (uncredited) | Unowned |