The Story of the Kelly Gang

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The Story of the Kelly Gang

1906

Drama

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83%

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6 Reviews

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Fewer than 50 Ratings

SMH Staff

Sydney Morning Herald

Messrs J and N Tait, in the result, presented an ingeniously realistic succession of pictures taken at Glenrowan, the Strathbogie and Wombat Ranges and other Victorian spots at one time haunted by the robbers in question.

Jun 24, 2020

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Age Staff

The Age (Australia)

A conscientious and, on the whole, a creditable, effort has been made to reproduce the tragedies as they occurred, and if there were any imperfections in detail probably few in the hall had memories long enough to detect them.

Jul 8, 2019

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NZ Herald Staff

New Zealand Herald

The story of Ned Kelly and his gang is as well known... in Australian history, and the representation presented last night by Messrs. J. and N. Tait was a most creditable effort to give the story in pictorial form.

Nov 6, 2020

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Sunday Times Staff

Sunday Times (Australia)

An army of supers [extras] shouting, firing, and giving commands from the rear of the cloth added greatly to the excitement.

Jun 24, 2020

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Mercury Staff

The Mercury (Australia)

Without offering an opinion as to what were the actual facts, it is safe to say that the pictures generally have considerable merit.

Jun 24, 2020

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Tele Staff

Daily Telegraph (Australia)

The exploits of the Kelly gang... were admittedly sufficiently daring in their character and tragic in their sequence to provide a sensational page of Australian history, but it is not the class of history to which a nation points with pride.

Jul 8, 2019

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Lucas t

From what I've seen from a YouTube restoration I found it was quote good, but all the best parts were told through writing and not film.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/21/25

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arjay m

For one hundred and eighteen years ago, this is a masterpiece, it's very intresting.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

10/28/24

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Erik H

damn masterpiece COME ON 1906!!!!!!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

10/14/23

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Audience Member

What little has survived of this film stands as a testament to its vast ambition, and its place in history needs more appreciation. I can only imagine seeing Ned Kelly dawn his infamous bulletproof armor must have been an Iron Man like spectacle for the time.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

01/17/23

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Audience Member

good good movie! i liked the show

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/27/23

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Charles Tait

Director

Frank Mills

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John Forde

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Elizabeth Tait

Actor

Charles Tait

Screenwriter

John Tait

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Director: Charles Tait
Screenwriter: Charles Tait, John Tait
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English