The Kelly Gang is an Australian feature length film

Film

A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...

 about the Australian bush ranger, Ned Kelly

Ned Kelly

Edward "Ned" Kelly was an Irish Australian bushranger. He is considered by some to be merely a cold-blooded cop killer — others, however, consider him to be a folk hero and symbol of Irish Australian resistance against the Anglo-Australian ruling class.Kelly was born in Victoria to an Irish...

. The film was released in 1920

1920 in film

The year 1920 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* November 27 - The Mark of Zorro, starring Douglas Fairbanks opens.-Top grossing films :-Films released in 1920:U.S.A. unless stated*The $1,000,000 Reward...

, and is the second film to be based on the life of Ned Kelly, the first being The Story of the Kelly Gang

The Story of the Kelly Gang

The Story of the Kelly Gang is a 1906 Australian film that traces the life of the legendary bushranger Ned Kelly . It was written and directed by Charles Tait. The film ran for more than an hour, and was the longest narrative film yet seen in Australia, and the world. Its approximate reel length...

, released in 1906

1906 in film

The year 1906 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*26 December - The world's first feature film, The Story of the Kelly Gang, is released.-Films released in 1906:*The Automobile Thieves*The Dream of a Rarebit Fiend...

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"The Kelly Gang" was also the name given to a small provisional unit of Australian troops during the Second World War who served in the British campaign in Syria. The unit only existed for four weeks, but had a colourful history of mounted service.

Other Ned Kelly films

• The Story of the Kelly Gang
  The Story of the Kelly Gang
  The Story of the Kelly Gang is a 1906 Australian film that traces the life of the legendary bushranger Ned Kelly . It was written and directed by Charles Tait. The film ran for more than an hour, and was the longest narrative film yet seen in Australia, and the world. Its approximate reel length...
  
  (1906)
• When the Kellys Were Out
  When the Kellys Were Out
  When the Kellys Were Out is an Australian feature length film directed by Harry Southwell about Ned Kelly.-External links:* at National Film and Sound Archive...
  
  (1923)
• When the Kellys Rode
  When the Kellys Rode
  When the Kellys Rode is a 1934 Australian film directed by Harry Southwell about Ned Kelly. It was forbidden from being exhibited in New South Wales for more than ten years under the ban on bushranging films.-Cast:*Hay Simpson as Ned Kelly...
  
  (1934)
• A Message to Kelly (1947)
• The Glenrowan Affair
  The Glenrowan Affair
  The Glenrowan Affair is a 1951 movie about Ned Kelly from director Rupert Kathner. It was Kathner's final film and stars VFL star Bob Chitty as Kelly.-Cast:* Bob Chitty as Ned Kelly* Alan Henderson* Ben Crowe* Charles Tingwell as narrator...
  
  (1951)
• Stringybark Massacre (1967)
• Ned Kelly (1970)
• Reckless Kelly
  Reckless Kelly
  Reckless Kelly is a 1993 Australian comedy film written, directed and starring Yahoo Serious. The story is a satirical take on a modern day Ned Kelly who is forced to Hollywood in order to make enough money to save his family's land. As it goes against his belief, he cannot simply rob banks for...
  
  (1993)
• Ned Kelly (2003)
• Ned (2003)

External links

• The Kelly Gang at the National Film and Sound Archive