Trial of Ned Kelly is a 1977 Australian TV film about the trial of Ned Kelly.[1][2][3]

Trial of Ned Kelly
Written byRoger Simpson
Dr L Robson
Directed byJohn Gauci
StarringJohn Waters
Gerard Kennedy
Peter Cummins
Sean Scully
Jonathan Hardy
Narrated byAlan Hopgood
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
Production
ProducerOscar Whitbread
Running time65 mins
Production companyABC
Original release
Release12 September 1977 (1977-09-12) (Sydney)
Release26 October 1977 (1977-10-26) (Melbourne)

Cast

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Production

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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.[4]

Reception

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The Age praised "another fine performance from Waters".[5]

Another writer from the same paper thought the production was not as good as the script.[6]

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.[7]

References

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  1. ^ Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p155
  2. ^ "Whales and ships left waves lapping outside the window". The Canberra Times. Vol. 52, no. 14, 883. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 16 September 1977. p. 23. Retrieved 30 October 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ "Auntie on dole is pacesetter". The Age. 6 January 1977. p. 25.
  4. ^ "Ned Kelly's Trial Drama". The Sydney Morning Herald. 5 September 1977. p. 13.
  5. ^ "TV enactment re opens Ned's case". The Age. 8 September 1977. p. 30.
  6. ^ Pryor, Dennis (10 September 1977). "Kelly trial a TV rope trick". The Age. p. 2.
  7. ^ Groves, Don (11 September 1977). "Was Ned such a sinner?". The Sydney Morning Herald. p. 74.
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