Here is a film with a scene that happens today - June 28. I hope you enjoy the movie and watch it tonight.
NED KELLY
Ned Kelly goes through a jailhouse marriage and after
being visited by his mother is hung. We then flashback to when Ned was released
from jail after serving three years for a stealing a horse, even though he said
he was innocent. His family celebrates. Ned is arrested while drunk and beats
up four constables who were trying to cuff him. He gets off with a fine.
Practice at the time was that animals found on other people’s land were
impounded and the owner had to pay a large sum to get them back. When a horse
belonging to his step-father is impounded, Ned vists the impound lot and steals
all the animals there and later sells them . Constable Fitzpatrick comes to
arrest Ned’s brother Dan for horse-stealing. At the Kelly house he tries to
make “advances’ on Ned’s sister Maggie and there is a fight. Fitzpatrick leaves
and a whole army of constables comes and arrests Ned’s mother. Ned offers to
turn himself in if his mother is released, but this offer is refused. Four
constables track Ned. He gets the drop on McIntyre, who surrenders and one is killed. McIntyre agrees to tell other
two to surrender if Ned will agree not to shoot them. Ned agrees. McIntyre
tells others to surrender, but they do not and a firefight begins. The other
two are killed, but McIntyre escapes. Ned’ and his gang are outlawed,, allowing
anyone to kill them on sight. Ned starts robbing banks. He writes a letter
setting out his case to Donald Cameron, M.P. The police arrest all of those who
sympathise with Ned without charge and hold them in jail. Ned and his gang take
over a police station and impersonating the officers, rob the bank and burn
their mortgages. The sympathizers are released. The constabulary bring in
Aborigines to track Ned, but can’t find him. Ned kills Aaron Sherrit, a police
spy. Ned goes to Glenrowan and pulls up the railroad tracks, planning to cause the
wreck of a train loaded with constables and then shoot them while Ned and his
gang wear their homemade armor. The gang takes hostages, but after Thomas
Curnow persuades Ned to release him he races to warn the train, so it does not
wreck. Constables surround the inn where Ned and his gang are holed up and a
firefight begins. At dawn on June 28, 1880 [1:22:51 to 1:39:33] the hostages
are released, while Ned marches alone towards the police. Dozens shoot at him
and eventually hit his unprotected legs and he is arrested. Ned is convicted
and sentenced to death.
Jagger gives a very good
performance as the outlaw hero. This film definitely paints Ned Kelly with
sympathy and it appears from the film that he may be entitled to some. The
authorities, in part influenced by anti-Irish bias did not treat the Kellys
very well.
Ned Kelly by John Molony (Melbourne University Press,
Carlton South, Vic., 2001) at pages 169-179 and 183 tells us about Ned’s arrest
on this day
Producer - Neil Hartley
Director - Tony Richardson
Screenplay - Ian Jones and Tony Richardson
Runtime – 1 hour 46 minutes
Released – October 7, 1970
Starring –
Mick Jagger as Ned Kelly
Geoff Gilmour as Steve Hart
Mark McManus as Joe Byrne
Serge Lazareff as Wild Wright
Peter Sumner as Tom Lloyd
Ken Shorter as Aaron Sherritt
James Elliot as Pat O'Donnell
Clarissa Kaye as Mrs. Kelly
Diane Craig as Maggie Kelly
Sue Lloyd as Kate Kelly
Alexi Long as Grace Kelly
Ken Goodlet as Supt. Nicholson
Frank Thring as Judge Sir Redmond Barry
Bruce Barry as George King
Tony Bazell as Mr. Scott
Allen Bickford as Dan Kelly
Robert Bruning as Sgt. Steele
Alexander Cann as McInnes
Janne Wesley as Caitlyn
Martyn Sanderson as Fitzpatrick
John Laws as Kennedy
Liam Reynolds as Lonigan
Lindsay Smith as McIntyre
John Gray as Stratton
Gerry Duggan as Father O'Hea
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