Based on the Rolf Boldrewood novel, this film follows the two Marsden brothers and their adventures with the gentlemanly bushranger, Captain Starlight; their romance with local girls, their life on the goldfields and their eventual capture by the police after Starlight is shot. The brothers serve a long prison term, and emerge to start a new life with their patiently waiting sweethearts. Cast includes Kenneth Brampton, Roy Redgrave, S.A. Fitzgerald, William Pearson, Stuart McCrae, Witton Power, Jackie Anderson, H.D. Wise, Tian Hogue, Nan Taylor, Phyllis Ruthcen, Hilda Dorrington, Vera Archer, Austral Nichol, Betty Crock. Reconstructed version by the National Film Archive (ScreenSound).
Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
300903
Language
English
Subject categories
Adaptations
Feature films
Feature films → Feature films - Australia
History → Bushrangers
History → History
Literature → Australian literature - Film and video adaptations
Literature → Literature
Silent films
Sound/audio
Silent
Colour
Black and White
Holdings
VHS; Access Print (Section 1)
16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)