''The Bushranger'' is a 1928 American silent

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film directed by

Chester Withey Chester "Chet" Withey (8 November 1887, Park City, Utah – 6 October 1939, California) was an American silent film actor, director, and screenwriter. He participated in the production in total of some 100 films. Born in Park City, Utah, th ...

and written by George C. Hull, Paul Perez, and

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. The film stars

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, Russell Simpson,

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and Ed Brady. The film was released on November 17, 1928, by

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Plot

A gentleman is arrested for duelling and sentenced to Van Dieman's Land. He escapes and becomes a

bushranger Bushrangers were originally escaped convicts in the early years of the British settlement of Australia who used the bush as a refuge to hide from the authorities. By the 1820s, the term had evolved to refer to those who took up "robbery under ...

Cast

as Edward *

as Lucy * Russell Simpson as Sir Eric *

as Arthur * Ed Brady as Black Murphy * Frank Baker as Blair * Dale Austen as Dale *

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as Col. Cavendish * Rosemary Cooper as Lady Cavendish

Production

The story was written by

. It was made at the time there was a ban on such films being made in some Australian states. The film was reportedly made in response to criticism of too many Westerns being set in America. Frank Baker, brother of

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had a role. Dale Austen was a former Miss New Zealand. This was her only Hollywood film."Films get Beauty of Antipodes" The Los Angeles Times, January 27, 1928, Page 2. Retrieved July 7, 2020

References

External links

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The Bushranger
at BFI {{DEFAULTSORT:Bushranger 1928 films 1928 Western (genre) films American black-and-white films Bushranger films Films directed by Chester Withey Films set in colonial Australia Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films Silent American Western (genre) films 1920s American films Silent American drama films