Ned Kelly (television play)

Ned Kelly
GenreDrama
Based onPlay by Douglas Stewart
Written byDouglas Stewart
Directed byWilliam Sterling
Music byRobert Hughes
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
Production
ProducerWilliam Sterling
CinematographyLes Handy
Running time75 minutes
Production companyABC
Original release
NetworkGTV-9
Release21 October 1959 (1959-10-21)
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Ned Kelly is a 1959 Australian television play adapted from the radio play of the same name.

It focused on two main events – the robbery at Jerilderie and the siege at the Glenrowan Hotel.[1]

It was different from a later TV play about Ned Kelly, Ballad for One Gun.[2]

  1. ^ "Ned Kelly Story". Sydney Morning Herald. 25 January 1960. p. 12.
  2. ^ Vagg, Stephen (February 18, 2019). "60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & '60s". Filmink.