| Eureka Stockade | |
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| Directed by | Harry Watt |
| Written by | Harry Watt Walter Greenwood addit. scenes Ralph Smart research Rex Rienits |
| Produced by | Michael Balcon associate Leslie Norman |
| Starring | Chips Rafferty Jane Barrett Jack Lambert Gordon Jackson |
| Cinematography | George Heath |
| Edited by | Leslie Norman |
| Music by | John Greenwood |
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| Distributed by | General Film Distributors |
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Running time | 103 minutes |
| Countries | United Kingdom Australia |
| Language | English |
| Budget | £200,000[1] |
| Box office | £55,855 (UK)[2] |
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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]
- ^ Graham Shirley and Brian Adams, Australian Cinema: The First Eighty Years, Currency Press, 1989 p181
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Monthly Film Bulletin review; February 1949, page 21
- ^ Variety film review; 2 February 1949
- ^ Motion Picture Exhibitor review; 27 September 1950, page 2942