Fourth adaptation and first made for television of the classic Australian bushranger novel "Robbery Under Arms" by Rolf Boldrewood. Made by the South Australian Film Corporation during the mini-series boom of the 1980s and lensed in the Flinders Ranges, it stars Sam Neill as the infamous Captain Starlight.
Sam Neill
as Capt. Starlight
Steven Vidler
as Dick Marston
Christopher Cummins
as Jim Marston
Liz Newman
as Gracey
Jane Menelaus
as Aileen
Andy Anderson
as George
Deborah Coulls
as Kate
Susie Lindeman
as Jeannie
Elaine Cusick
as Mum
Ed Devereaux
as Ben
Tom E. Lewis
as Warrigal
Robert Grubb
as Sir Frederick Morringer