Ned Kelly (1970 film)

Ned Kelly
Theatrical release poster
Directed byTony Richardson
Screenplay byTony Richardson
Ian Jones
Uncredited:
Alex Buzo[1]
Produced byNeil Hartley
StarringMick Jagger
CinematographyGerry Fisher
Edited byCharles Rees
Music byShel Silverstein
Production
company
Distributed byUnited Artists
Release dates
  • July 1970 (1970-07) (London)
  • 28 July 1970 (1970-07-28) (Glenrowan)
Running time
106 minutes
CountriesUnited Kingdom
Australia
LanguageEnglish
BudgetA$2.5 million[2][3]
Box office$808,000 (Australia)[4]

Ned Kelly is a 1970 British-Australian biographical bushranger film. It was the seventh Australian feature film version of the story of 19th-century Australian bushranger Ned Kelly,[5] and is notable for being the first Kelly film to be shot in colour.

The film was directed by Tony Richardson, and starred Mick Jagger in the title role. Scottish-born actor Mark McManus played the part of Kelly's friend Joe Byrne. It was a British production, but was filmed entirely in Australia, shot mostly around Braidwood in southern New South Wales, with a largely Australian supporting cast.

  1. ^ pg 250 of "The Ned Kelly Encyclopaedia" by Justin Corfield
  2. ^ Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998 p251
  3. ^ Davis, Ivor (10 August 1969). "Movies: Richardson, Jagger Feuding Down Under With Aussies". Los Angeles Times. p. 16.
  4. ^ 'Australian Films At the Australian Box office' Film Victoria Archived 9 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine accessed 28 September 2012
  5. ^ Vagg, Stephen (24 July 2019). "50 Meat Pie Westerns". Filmink.