''The Kelly Gang'' is an Australian feature-length film about the Australian bush ranger,

Ned Kelly Edward Kelly (December 1854 – 11 November 1880) was an Australian bushranger, outlaw, gang leader and convicted police-murderer. One of the last bushrangers, he is known for wearing a suit of bulletproof armour during his final shootout wi ...

. 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 ''The Story of the Kelly Gang'' is a 1906 Australian bushranger film that traces the exploits of 19th-century bushranger and outlaw Ned Kelly and his gang. It was directed by Charles Tait and shot in and around the city of Melbourne. The origin ...

'', released in 1906.Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, ''Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production'', Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, 96.

Cast

Godfrey Cass Godfrey Cass (1867 – 14 May 1951) was an Australian actor in the silent era. Between 1906 and 1935 he acted in nineteen film roles. He played Ned Kelly three times, and also had roles in a number of other bushranger movies including '' A Ta ...

* Victor Upton-Brown as Dan Kelly * Horace Crawford as

Joe Byrne Joseph Byrne (21 November 1856 – 28 June 1880) was an Australian bushranger of Irish descent. A friend of Ned Kelly, he was a member of the "Kelly Gang" who were declared outlaws after the murder of three policemen at Stringybark Creek. De ...

* Jack McGowan as Steve Hart *

Robert Inman Robert Anthony Inman (June 13, 1931 – November 20, 2006) was an American educator, journalist and author. Inman was the son of Verne Inman, M.D., former chairman of the Department of Orthopedic Surgery at UCSF. He was born in San Francisco a ...

Aaron Sherritt Aaron Sherritt (August 1854 – 26 June 1880) was an associate of the gang of outlaws led by Ned Kelly in Victoria, Australia. Personal life Aaron Sherritt was born in the Melbourne suburb of Prahran in August 1854, to Irish migrants John and ...

* 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

* ''

'' (1906) * ''

When the Kellys Were Out ''When the Kellys Were Out'' is an Australian feature-length film directed by Harry Southwell about Ned Kelly. Only part of the film survives today. Plot Constable Fitzpatrick arrives at the Kelly house, to accuse Dan Kelly of cattle duffing. ...

'' (1923) * '' When the Kellys Rode'' (1934) * ''

A Message to Kelly A, or a, is the first letter and the first vowel of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''a'' (pronounced ), plural ''aes' ...

'' (1947) * '' The Glenrowan Affair'' (1951) * '' Stringybark Massacre'' (1967) * ''

'' (1970) * ''

Reckless Kelly ''Reckless Kelly'' is a 1993 Australian comedy film produced, written, directed and starring Yahoo Serious. It co-stars Melora Hardin, Alexei Sayle and Hugo Weaving. The story is a satirical take on a modern-day Ned Kelly, a famous Australian ou ...

'' (1993) * ''

'' (2003) * '' Ned'' (2003) * ''

True History of the Kelly Gang ''True History of the Kelly Gang'' is a novel by Australian writer Peter Carey, based loosely on the history of the Kelly Gang. It was first published in Brisbane by the University of Queensland Press in 2000. It won the 2001 Booker Prize an ...

'' (2019)

References

External links

''The Kelly Gang''
at the National Film and Sound Archive *
''Variety'' review
1920 films 1920 Western (genre) films Australian black-and-white films Australian historical films Bushranger films Cultural depictions of Ned Kelly Silent Australian Western (genre) films Films directed by Harry Southwell {{silent-film-stub