The Last Outlaw (miniseries)
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| The Last Outlaw | |
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| Directed by | |
| Starring | |
| Composer | Brian May |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Original language | English |
| No. of episodes | 4 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers |
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| Producer | Roger Le Mesurier |
| Cinematography | Ernest Clark |
| Editor | Philip Reid |
| Running time | 380 minutes (95 min each) |
| Production company | Pegasus Productions |
| Budget | $2 million[1] |
| Original release | |
| Network | Seven Network |
| Release | 20 October 1980 – 1980 |
The Last Outlaw is a 1980 Australian four-part television miniseries based on the life of Ned Kelly. It was shot from February to May 1980[2] and the end of its original broadcast, in October–November 1980, coincided with the centenary of Ned Kelly's death.[3][4][5]
- John Jarratt as Ned Kelly
- Steve Bisley as Joe Byrne
- Elaine Cusick as Mrs Kelly
- Lewis Fitz-Gerald as Tom Lloyd
- John Ley as Dan Kelly
- Ric Herbert as Steve Hart
- Peter Hehir as Aaron Sherritt
- Debra Lawrance as Maggie Kelly
- Sigrid Thornton as Kate Kelly
- Tim Eliott as Steele
- Leslie Dayman as Jack Lloyd
- Anthony Hawkins as Superintendent Hare
- Norman Kaye as Superintendent Sadleir
- Anne Scott-Pendlebury as Mrs Devine
- Frank Gallacher as Detective Ward
- Julia Blake as Mrs Scott
- Lulu Pinkus as Helen
- Peter Curtin as Constable Richards
Production
The mini-series was made by Pegasus Productions, the company of Ian Jones and Browyn Binns, who made the hugely popular mini-series Against the Wind.[6] Jones had long been interested in the story of Ned Kelly and did extensive research. "I recognised the impossibility of his situation in a frontier society," said Jones. "He was the centre of a tragedy which could have been avoided."[7] Jones wanted to make the series in part to make amends for his dissatisfaction with the 1970 film Ned Kelly.[8]
Filming took six months.[1]
