Made by the south australian film corporation during the. The issue of whether the film could be called an ozwestern was tackled by the feature story in cinema papers, may 1985. If you like robbery under arms you are looking for realistic and semi serious movies about with heist, countryside, adventure, crimes, heroes, family relations and family life themes of action, adventure and crime genre shot in australia or uk. Watch robbery under arms online stream full movie directv. Based on the classic adventure novel by rolf boldrewood, and set in the nineteenth century outback, this is the story of the biggest cattlerustling coup in. Robbery under arms 1985 two brothers steven vidler, christopher cummins join their father in captain starlights sam neill bushranger gang in 19thcentury australia. It is based on the australian novel robbery under arms by thomas alexander browne who wrote under the pseudonym rolf boldrewood. You need multiregion palntsc dvd player to view it in usacanada. Starzs march offerings star boxers, hobbits, halfcops and more.
Acclaimed actor sam neill death in brunswick, jurassic park stars as the suave and enigmatic bushranger, captain starlight, in this lavish action adventure tale set in the rugged australian outback. Tension mounts as the troopers devise more ways in which captain starlight and his gang will be captured dead or alive. A story of life and adventure in the bush and in the goldfields of. After some daring escapades, including a hotair balloon assisted jailbreak, the boys decide to change their lives and go straight after one last job. A western in everything but name and not a bad one at that, jack lees robbery under arms is set during the same period as most westerns, the 1860s, but in australia where peter finchs captain starlight leads a small gang of outlaws stealing cattle and robbing banks. Find movie and film cast and crew information for robbery under arms 1985 ken hannam, donald crombie on allmovie. The onearmed swordsman 1 hours and 55 minutes movie an evil gang attacks the chi school of golden sword kung fu.
With sam neill, steven vidler, christopher cummins, liz newman. Robbery under arms a story of life and adventure in the bush and in the australian goldfields language. Made by the south australian film corporation during the miniseries boom of the 1980s and lensed in the flinders ranges, it stars sam. Robbery under armsstreaming umbrella entertainment on. Robbery under arms where to stream and watch decider. The subtitle of the book, a story of life and adventure in the bush and in the goldfields of australia, represents a fair summary of the drama, which has often caught the imagination of filmmakers. Robbery under armsstreaming umbrella entertainment on demand. One student sacrifices his life to save his teacher and his school, his dying wish is that his son be taken in as a student. The clip includes scenes portraying the life and times of bushrangers, characters who had a firm place in the popular national mythology. 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.
Robbery under arms is a bushranger novel by thomas alexander browne, published under his pseudonym rolf boldrewood. Acclaimed actor sam neill death in brunswick, jurassic park stars as the suave and enigmatic bushranger, captain starlight, in this lavish action adventure tale. 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. Robbery under arms 1985, directed by ken hannam and donald. Robbery under arms 1985 ken hannam, donald crombie. Robbery under arms is a 1957 british crime film directed by jack lee and starring peter finch, ronald lewis, laurence naismith and jill ireland. 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. Librivox recording of robbery under arms, by rolf boldrewood.
Set in australia during the mid1800s, this tale centers on finchs outlaw gang and its escapades through the open landscape down under. 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. Download robbery under arms free books video dailymotion. Watch robbery under arms starring peter finch in this actionadventure on directv. A tale of cattle duffing, horse stealing and bushranging in the new south wales outback with captain starlight. It was abridged into a single volume in 1889 as part of macmillans onevolume colonial library series and has not been out of print since. Two brothers join their father in captain starlights peter finch bushranger gang in. From the producers of breaker morant and storm boy, robbery under arms is the epic tale of australias most colourful literary outlaw, captain starlight, played with waggish charm and musichall roguery by the talented sam neill. Robbery under arms 1985 miniseries 1985 miniseries.
Robbery under arms is a 1985 australian action adventure film starring sam neill as bushranger captain starlight. Robbery under arms was adapted for the theatre in 1890, and five times for cinema between 1907 and 1985. Confused, many did neither, and the miniseries version did a subdued tour of the television. They had the choice of buyingwatching the full six hours in 4. In 1865 australia, the two marston brothers, bold dick and sensitive jim, are drawn into a. Robbery under arms is a 1957 british crime film directed by jack lee and starring peter finch. 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. Frontier and pioneer life australia fiction subject.
Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. Robbery under arms is a film directed by donald crombie, ken hannam with sam neill, steven vidler, christopher cummins, liz newman, year. A wouldbe australian western, based on rolf boldrewoods novel previously filmed, equally tediously, in 1957. Fourth adaptation and first made for television of the classic australian bushranger novel robbery under arms by rolf boldrewood.
Robbery under arms 1985 clip 2 on aso australias audio and. The 1920 version is one of the few surviving independently produced australian silent films. Download the tv guide app for iphone, ipad and android. 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 australian bushranger novel. Robbery under arms was adapted from the classic australian book of the same name written by rolf boldrewood, the penname for thomas alexander browne 18261915. 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 clip 2 on aso australianscreen. Find out where robbery under arms is streaming, if robbery under arms is on netflix, and get news and updates, on decider. Robbery under arms aus mini series excerpt youtube. It was again remade as a tv miniseries in 1985 starring sam neill. 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. Pdf penguin classics robbery under law 12 read full ebook. The 1957 version of robbery under arms was conceived, shot and edited as an australian western, right down to the classic faceout at the end. Many cinematic versions of this story which first appeared in 1889 authored by rolf boldrewood have been produced, the first was an australian film dating back to 1907, and this mid80s.
Robbery under arms 1957 two brothers join their father in captain starlights peter finch bushranger gang in 19thcentury australia. Robbery under arms 1985 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Robbery under arms was a lavish project by the south australian film corporation. Robbery under arms is a reasonable movie provided by possessing a description of the movie is fourth adaptation and first made for television of the classic australian bushranger novel robbery under arms by rolf boldrewood. 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. Movie trailer robbery under arms 1985 tramman82mk2. Robbery under arms movie trailer and videos tv guide. Robbery under arms is a good story but, although this filming features some nice performances, impressive cinematography and several exciting action sequences, particularly the final shootout, it is not as well told here as it could have been. It is based on a classic australian novel by rolf boldrewood the pen name of thomas browne.
252 350 186 887 395 1575 1293 316 311 1476 1407 240 1527 883 421 846 1031 1471 181 20 1293 1191 1286 729 765 119 577 615 819 1062 296 534 226 1360 1121 541