Trial of Ned Kelly
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| image =
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| based_on =
| writer = Roger Simpson
Dr L Robson
| director = John Gauci
| starring = John Waters
Gerard Kennedy
Peter Cummins
Sean Scully
Jonathan Hardy
| narrator = Alan Hopgood
| music =
| country = Australia
| language = English
| producer = Oscar Whitbread
| cinematography =
| editor =
| runtime = 65 mins
| company = ABC
| released = {{Start date|1977|09|12|df=y}} (Sydney)
| released2 = {{Start date|1977|10|26|df=y}} (Melbourne)
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Trial of Ned Kelly is a 1977 Australian TV film about the trial of Ned Kelly.Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p155{{Cite news |date=16 September 1977 |title=Whales and ships left waves lapping outside the window |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article110865956 |access-date=30 October 2018 |work=The Canberra Times |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |page=23 |via=National Library of Australia |volume=52 |issue=14,883}}{{Cite news |date=6 January 1977 |title=Auntie on dole is pacesetter |work=The Age |page=25}}
Cast
- John Waters as Ned Kelly
- Gerard Kennedy as Prosecutor Smyth
- John Frawley as Judge Redmond Barry
- Ian Suddards as defence counsel
- Peter Cummins as Sgt McIntyre
- Jonathan Hardy
- Alan Hopgood as Narrator
Production
Filming took place at Old Melbourne Gaol Magistrate's Court and at Gembrook, Victoria, which stood in for Singybark Creek. Roger Simpson wrote it in collaboration with Dr Robson, a lecturer in history at Melbourne University. The original chair and canopy used by Judge Barry was used.{{Cite news |date=5 September 1977 |title=Ned Kelly's Trial Drama |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |page=13}}
Reception
The Age praised "another fine performance from Waters".{{Cite news |date=8 September 1977 |title=TV enactment re opens Ned's case |work=The Age |page=30}}
Another writer from the same paper thought the production was not as good as the script.{{Cite news |last=Pryor |first=Dennis |date=10 September 1977 |title=Kelly trial a TV rope trick |work=The Age |page=2}}
The Sydney Sun Herald said "it fails to keep its dramatic promise" mostly because of the device of using Alan Hopgood as a narrator who would appear in the action.{{Cite news |last=Groves |first=Don |date=11 September 1977 |title=Was Ned such a sinner? |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |page=74}}
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|0209433}}
- [http://www.screenaustralia.gov.au/find-a-film/detail.aspx?tid=2459 Trial of Ned Kelly] at Screen Australia
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Category:1977 television films
Category:1970s English-language films
Category:1970s Australian films
Category:Australian television films
Category:Cultural depictions of Ned Kelly
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