Eureka Stockade (1949 film)

Eureka Stockade
British quad poster by John Minton
Directed byHarry Watt
Written byHarry Watt
Walter Greenwood
addit. scenes
Ralph Smart
research
Rex Rienits
Produced byMichael Balcon
associate
Leslie Norman
StarringChips Rafferty
Jane Barrett
Jack Lambert
Gordon Jackson
CinematographyGeorge Heath
Edited byLeslie Norman
Music byJohn Greenwood
Production
company
Distributed byGeneral Film Distributors
Release dates
  • 26 January 1949 (1949-01-26) (UK)
  • 7 May 1949 (1949-05-07) (Australia)
Running time
103 minutes
CountriesUnited Kingdom
Australia
LanguageEnglish
Budget£200,000[1]
Box office£55,855 (UK)[2]

Eureka Stockade is a 1949 British film of the story surrounding Irish-Australian rebel and politician Peter Lalor and the gold miners' rebellion of 1854 at the Eureka Stockade in Ballarat, Victoria, in the Australian Western genre.[3]

Starring Chips Rafferty, it was produced by Ealing Studios and directed by Harry Watt, following their success with The Overlanders. The movie was the most expensive film made in Australia at that time, and was a critical and commercial disappointment.[4][5][6]

  1. ^ Graham Shirley and Brian Adams, Australian Cinema: The First Eighty Years, Currency Press, 1989 p181
  2. ^ Chapman, J. (2022). The Money Behind the Screen: A History of British Film Finance, 1945-1985. Edinburgh University Press p 355. Gross is distributor's gross receipts.
  3. ^ Lennon, Troy (21 January 2018). "Australian 'meat pie' westerns have been around for more than a century". The Daily Telegraph. Sydney. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
  4. ^ Monthly Film Bulletin review; February 1949, page 21
  5. ^ Variety film review; 2 February 1949
  6. ^ Motion Picture Exhibitor review; 27 September 1950, page 2942