''The Blue Lightning'' is a 1986 Australian film directed by Lee Philips and starring
Sam Elliott
Samuel Pack Elliott (born August 9, 1944) is an American actor. He is the recipient of several accolades, including a National Board of Review Award, and has been nominated for an Academy Award, two Golden Globe Awards, two Primetime Emmy Aw ...
,
Rebecca Gilling
Rebecca Gilling (born 3 November 1953 in Castlecrag, Sydney, Australia) is an Australian former model and actress, now environmentalist.
Gilling is the daughter of World War II Navy personnel Douglas Gilling and prominent feminist campaigner ...
,
John Meillon
John Meillon, ( ; 1 May 1934 – 11 August 1989), was an Australian character actor, known for many straight as well as comedy roles, he became most widely known internationally as Walter Reilly in the films ''Crocodile Dundee'' and ''Crocodil ...
,
Robert Coleby
Robert Coleby (born 1947) is a British actor who has spent most of his career in Australia. Active since the 1970s, he has over 70 film and television credits to his name. Coleby has acted on stage in numerous productions for the Queensland The ...
,
Max Phipps, and
Robert Culp
Robert Martin Culp (August 16, 1930 – March 24, 2010) was an American actor widely known for his work in television. Culp earned an international reputation for his role as Kelly Robinson on ''I Spy'' (1965–1968), the espionage television se ...
.
Premise
Easygoing San Francisco private detective Harry Wingate (
Sam Elliott
Samuel Pack Elliott (born August 9, 1944) is an American actor. He is the recipient of several accolades, including a National Board of Review Award, and has been nominated for an Academy Award, two Golden Globe Awards, two Primetime Emmy Aw ...
) gets a six-figure offer from millionaire Brutus Cathcart (
Max Phipps) to travel to Australia and retrieve Cathcart's prized opal from former Irish Republican Army terrorist sharpshooter Lester McInally (
Robert Culp
Robert Martin Culp (August 16, 1930 – March 24, 2010) was an American actor widely known for his work in television. Culp earned an international reputation for his role as Kelly Robinson on ''I Spy'' (1965–1968), the espionage television se ...
). With the help of an Aborigine rancher (
Jack Davis) and revenge-minded widow Kate McQueen (
Rebecca Gilling
Rebecca Gilling (born 3 November 1953 in Castlecrag, Sydney, Australia) is an Australian former model and actress, now environmentalist.
Gilling is the daughter of World War II Navy personnel Douglas Gilling and prominent feminist campaigner ...
), Wingate battles McInally and his minions, who have taken over an entire outback town.
Cast
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Sam Elliott
Samuel Pack Elliott (born August 9, 1944) is an American actor. He is the recipient of several accolades, including a National Board of Review Award, and has been nominated for an Academy Award, two Golden Globe Awards, two Primetime Emmy Aw ...
as Harry Wingate
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Robert Culp
Robert Martin Culp (August 16, 1930 – March 24, 2010) was an American actor widely known for his work in television. Culp earned an international reputation for his role as Kelly Robinson on ''I Spy'' (1965–1968), the espionage television se ...
as Lester McInally
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Jack Davis as Jahrgadu
* Peter Ford as Quentin McQueen
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Rebecca Gilling
Rebecca Gilling (born 3 November 1953 in Castlecrag, Sydney, Australia) is an Australian former model and actress, now environmentalist.
Gilling is the daughter of World War II Navy personnel Douglas Gilling and prominent feminist campaigner ...
as Kate McQueen
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John Meillon
John Meillon, ( ; 1 May 1934 – 11 August 1989), was an Australian character actor, known for many straight as well as comedy roles, he became most widely known internationally as Walter Reilly in the films ''Crocodile Dundee'' and ''Crocodil ...
*
Robert Coleby
Robert Coleby (born 1947) is a British actor who has spent most of his career in Australia. Active since the 1970s, he has over 70 film and television credits to his name. Coleby has acted on stage in numerous productions for the Queensland The ...
*
Max Phipps as Brutus Cathcart
*
Ernie Dingo as Pekeri
References
External links
''The Blue Lightning''at
IMDb
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The Blue Lightningat Oz Movies
Australian action drama films
1980s English-language films
1986 films
1986 action films
Films directed by Lee Philips
1980s Australian films
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