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Not who you're looking for? Others named Ned Kelly: Australian bushranger (1854–1880) · 1960 film by William Sterling · 2003 film directed by Gregor Jordan · 1970 original soundtrack album

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Ned Kelly is a 1970 British-Australian biographical bushranger film. It was the seventh Australian feature film version of the story of 19th-century Australian bushranger Ned Kelly, and is notable for being the first Kelly film to be shot in colour.

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Ned Kelly is a 1970 British-Australian biographical bushranger film. It was the seventh Australian feature film version of the story of 19th-century Australian bushranger Ned Kelly, and is notable for being the first Kelly film to be shot in colour. The film was directed by Tony Richardson, and starred Mick Jagger in the title role. Scottish-born actor Mark McManus played the part of Kelly's friend Joe Byrne. It was a British production, but was filmed entirely in Australia, shot mostly around Braidwood in southern New South Wales, with a largely Australian supporting cast. Plot Ned Kelly is forced by police persecution to become a bushranger. He robs several banks and is eventually captured after the Siege of Glenrowan. He is hanged in Melbourne. Cast

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Notable quotes

“I am Ned Kelly, son of Red Kelly, as good a blood as any in the land.”
— Source: The Argus (20 February 1923), p. 7
“A man that kills his enemy, particularly an enemy out to slaughter him, is no murderer, and all police are my enemies.”
— Said during a speech to hostages at Euroa.
“The bloody banks are crushing the life's blood out of the poor, struggling man.”
— Said while burning mortgage documents during the Jerilderie bank robbery.
“My mates are all gone; it is a sad affair, but of course it can't be helped now.”
— After the destruction of the Kelly gang.
“If they were in my position they would not smile much.”
— Quoted by a policeman who, during Kelly's trial, alerted him to a group of females who were smiling at him from afar.
“Keep your freedom. It's the best thing you have. Never become a bushranger unless you are absolutely forced to it.”
— Advice given to his young cousin Jack Lloyd.

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Not who you're looking for? Others named Ned Kelly: Australian bushranger (1854–1880) · 1960 film by William Sterling · 2003 film directed by Gregor Jordan · 1970 original soundtrack album

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