Ned Kelly is a 1970 British-Australian biographical film. It was the seventh Australian feature film version of the story of 19th century Australian bushranger Ned Kelly. It 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. The making of the film was... dogged by problems; even before production began, the Actors' Equity and some of Kelly's descendants protested strongly about the casting of Jagger in the lead role, and about the film's proposed shooting location in country New South Wales, rather than in Victoria, where the Kellys had lived. Jagger's girlfriend of the time, Marianne Faithfull, had come to Australia to play the lead female role , but the Jagger-Faithfull relationship was breaking up, and she took an overdose of sleeping tablets soon after arrival in Sydney.
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| Release date: | 1970 |
| Directed by: | Tony Richardson |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 99 Minutes |
| Music by: | Shel Silverstein |
| Cinematography: | Gerry Fisher |
| Screenplay by: | Ian Jones |
| Genre: | Western, Action, Biography, Adventure |