The Glenrowan Affair

The Glenrowan Affair is a 1951 movie about Ned Kelly from director Rupert Kathner. It was Kathners final film and stars VFL star Bob Chitty as Kelly. It was known as one of the worst films ever made in Australia.

In August 1947 Harry Southwell arrived in Benalla, Victoria, to make a movie about the Ned Kelly story, A Message to Kelly. It was base on a script by Melbourne journalist Keith Manzie, with Rupert Kathner as assistant director. Kathner was in the area trying to raise funds for a film about Adam Lindsay Gordon.Southwell and Kathner formed a company, Benalla Film Productions, and raised finance for the movie. Football star Bob Chitty, who was coaching in the region, was cast as Ned Kelly. Mervyn Murphy assisted with sound recording equipment. Despite vocal opposition from descendants of the Kellys, filming began in September 1947. ........

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