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1920 film

The Kelly Gang
Godfrey Cass as Ned Kelly
Directed by	Harry Southwell
Written by	Harry Southwell
Produced by	Harry Southwell
Starring	Godfrey Cass Victor Upton-Brown Horace Crawford
Cinematography	Charles Herschell
Production company	Southwell Screen Plays
Release date	21 February 1920 (1920-02-21)
Running time	7,500 feet
Country	Australia
Languages	Silent film English intertitles
Budget	£450
Box office	£20,000

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.

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 Aaron Sherritt
Thomas Sinclair as Sergeant Kennedy
Harry Southwell as Sergeant Steele
Cyril Mackay as Constable McIntyre
Adele Inman as Kate Kelly
Maud Appleton as Mrs Kelly
Frank Tomlin as Constable Scanlon

Adele and Maud were daughters of actor F. C. Appleton. Robert Inman was married to Adele.

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. Cameron's store in Kilsyth was used for the bank in Euroa.

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.

Other Ned Kelly films

References

^ "£100,000 SPENT." Advocate (Burnie, Tas) 5 Jan 1928: 6 accessed 6 December 2011
^ 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.
Muriel McGivern (1967). A History of Croydon, a second volume. p. 84.

External links

The Kelly Gang at the National Film and Sound Archive
The Kelly Gang at IMDb
Variety review

v t e Films directed by Harry Southwell
The Kelly Gang (1920) The Hordern Mystery (1920) When the Kellys Were Out (1923) David (1924) The Seventh Commandment (1925) Le juif polonais (1925) Down Under (1927) When the Kellys Rode (1934) The Burgomeister (1935) A Message to Kelly (1947) (abandoned)

Ned Kelly

Related people

Kelly Gang	Joe Byrne Steve Hart Dan Kelly
Other associates	Kate Kelly Tom Lloyd Harry Power Aaron Sherritt
Authorities	Redmond Barry Michael Edward Ward

Cultural depictions

Stage	Vultures of the Wombat Ranges (1878) Catching the Kellys (1879) Ostracized (1881) The Kelly Gang (1896) The Kelly Gang (1899) Outlaw Kelly (1899) Hands Up (1900) Ned Kelly, the Bushranger (1902) The Kelly Gang (1905) Ned Kelly (1942) Sing for St. Ned (1951) Ned Kelly (1960) Ned Kelly (1977) Kelly (2012)
Film	The Story of the Kelly Gang (1906) The Kelly Gang (1920) When the Kellys Were Out (1922) When the Kellys Rode (1934) The Glenrowan Affair (1951) Ned Kelly (1970) Reckless Kelly (1993) Ned Kelly (2003) Ned (2003) True History of the Kelly Gang (2019)
Books	The Inner History of the Kelly Gang (1929) The Kelly Hunters (1953) Kelly Country (1983) Our Sunshine (1991) True History of the Kelly Gang (2001)
Radio	Ned Kelly (1942) The Last Outlaw (1963)
Paintings	First-class Marksman (1946) The Trial (1947)
Television	'Ned Kelly (1959) Ballad for One Gun (1963) Trial of Ned Kelly (1977) The Last Outlaw (1980)
Music	Ned Kelly (1970 soundtrack album) Ned Kelly (1974 rock opera)

Eponymous items

Other related articles

Bushrangers

1700s

John Caesar

1810s

Michael Howe

1820s

1830s

1840s

1850s

1860s

1870s–1880s

1890s

John Francis Peggotty

1900s

Popular culture

Folk songs	"Streets of Forbes" (ca. 1865) "The Wild Colonial Boy" (ca. 1830) "Jim Jones at Botany Bay" (ca. 1820s)
Film	Bushranging in North Queensland (1904) The Story of the Kelly Gang (1906) Robbery Under Arms (by Charles MacMahon) (1907) Robbery Under Arms (by J and N Tait) (1907) The Life and Adventures of John Vane, the Notorious Australian Bushranger (1910) Moonlite (1910) Thunderbolt (1910) Attack on the Gold Escort (1911) A Tale of the Australian Bush (1911) Ben Hall and His Gang (1911) Bushranger's Ransom, or A Ride for Life (1911) Captain Midnight, the Bush King (1911) Captain Starlight, or Gentleman of the Road (1911) Dan Morgan (1911) Frank Gardiner, the King of the Road (1911) The Lady Outlaw (1911) Moondyne (1913) The Kelly Gang (1920) Robbery Under Arms (1920) The Shadow of Lightning Ridge (1920) The Gentleman Bushranger (1921) When the Kellys Were Out (1922) Trooper O'Brien (1928) The Bushranger (1928) Stingaree (1934) When the Kellys Rode (1934) Captain Fury (1939) The Glenrowan Affair (1951) Captain Thunderbolt (1953) Robbery Under Arms (1957) Ned Kelly (1970) Mad Dog Morgan (1976) Robbery Under Arms (1985) Ned Kelly (2003) The Proposition (2005) The Outlaw Michael Howe (2013) The Legend of Ben Hall (2016) True History of the Kelly Gang (2019)
Literature	Jerilderie Letter (1879) Robbery Under Arms (1882 novel) Stingaree (1905 novel) Three Years with Thunderbolt (1905 memoir) Our Sunshine (1991 novel) True History of the Kelly Gang (2001 novel)
Stage	Michael Howe, The Terror of Van Diemen's Land (1821 play) The Bushrangers (1829 play) Van Dieman's Land (1830 musical) The Tragedy of Donohoe (1835 play) Jackey Jackey the NSW Bushranger (1852 play) The Bushranger, or the Last Crime (1854 play) Canowindra; or, The Darky Highwayman and the Settlers' Homes on the Abercrombie (1863 play) Fleeced (1870 play) Vultures of the Wombat Ranges (1878 play) Catching the Kellys (1879 play) Gratitude (1881 play) Ostracised (1881 play) Captain Swift (1888 play) Robbery Under Arms (1890 play) Hands Up (1893 play) The Kelly Gang (1896 play) The Kelly Gang (1899 play) Outlaw Kelly (1899 play) Hands Up (1900 play) The King of the Road (1900 play) Ned Kelly, the Bushranger (1902 play) The Missing Partner (1904 play) The Kelly Gang (1905 play) Thunderbolt (1905 play) Captain Moonlite (1906 play) Cooee, or Wild Days in the Australian Bush (1906 play) The Squatter's Daughter (1907 play) Whirlwind, the Bushranger (1907 play) Outlawed by Fate (1908 play) Moonlite (1910 play) Humping the Bluey (1911 play) Ned Kelly (1942 play) Nellie Lacey and the Bushranger (1944 play) Sing for St. Ned (1951 play) Ned Kelly (1960 play) Ned Kelly (1978 musical) Kelly (2012 play)
Paintings	Bushrangers on the St Kilda Road (1887) Bailed Up (1895) First-class Marksman (1946)
Television	Ned Kelly (1959) Ballad for One Gun (1963) Ben Hall (1975) The Last Outlaw (1980) Wild Boys (2011)

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