The Kelly Gang is an Australian feature-length film about the Australian bush ranger, Ned Kelly. The film was released in 1920, and is the second film to be based on the life of Ned Kelly, the first being The Story of the Kelly Gang, released in 1906.
Cast
Godfrey Cass as Ned Kelly
Victor Upton-Brown as Dan Kelly
Horace Crawford as Joe Byrne
Jack McGowan as Steve Hart
Robert Inman as Aaron Sherritt
Thomas Sinclair as Sergeant Kennedy
Harry Southwell as Sergeant Steele
Cyril Mackay as Constable McIntyre
Adele Inman as Kate Kelly
Maud Appleton as Mrs Kelly
Frank Tomlin as Constable Scanlon
Adele and Maud were daughters of actor F. C. Appleton. Robert Inman was married to Adele.
Production
Filming took place in late 1919 in a temporary studio in the Melbourne suburb of Coburg with additional scenes shot on the outskirts of Melbourne at Croydon and Warburton. Cameron's store in Kilsyth was used for the bank in Euroa.
Release
At the time the New South Wales government had banned films on bushranging but this movie escaped it, most likely due to its opening warning against breaking the law. The movie was reasonably successful.
Other Ned Kelly films
The Story of the Kelly Gang (1906) When the Kellys Were Out (1923) When the Kellys Rode (1934) A Message to Kelly (1947) The Glenrowan Affair (1951) Stringybark Massacre (1967) Ned Kelly (1970) Reckless Kelly (1993) Ned Kelly (2003) Ned (2003) True History of the Kelly Gang (2019)