''Robbery Under Arms'' is a 1950 BBC radio adaptation of

Rolf Boldrewood Thomas Alexander Browne (born Brown, 6 August 1826 – 11 March 1915) was an Australian author who published many of his works under the pseudonym Rolf Boldrewood. He is best known for his 1882 bushranging novel '' Robbery Under Arms''. Biog ...

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Robbery Under Arms ''Robbery Under Arms'' is a bushranger novel by Thomas Alexander Browne, published under his pen name Rolf Boldrewood. It was first published in serialised form by ''The Sydney Mail'' between July 1882 and August 1883, then in three volumes in ...

''. The novel was adapted by Rex Rienits. It consisted of 10 episodes, each running 30 minutes. The cast was almost entirely Australian. John Bushelle played the lead, with Edward Howell and Mary Ward supporting. Rolf Bolderwood's daughter praised the adaptation. The novel had been adapted for Australian radio in 1943.

Episodes

#Terrible Hollow (2 January 1950) #Captain Starlight (9 January 1950) #The Great Cattle Theft (16 January 1950)Great Cattle Theft
at Genome #The Prison-Break (23 January 1950) #Bushrangers! (30 January 1950) #Gold (6 February 1950) #The Betrayal (13 February 1950) #The Big Hold-up (20 February 1950) #The End Approaches (27 February 1950) #The End of the Story (6 March 1950)

Cast

*Ralph Truman as Captain Starlight *John Bushelle as Dick Marston *

Don Sharp Donald Herman Sharp (19 April 192114 December 2011) was an Australian film director. His best known films were made for Hammer Film Productions, Hammer in the 1960s, and included ''Kiss of the Vampire (film), Kiss of the Vampire'' (1963) and ' ...

as Jim Martson *Edward Howell as Ben Marston *Gwyndolyn Stewart as Mrs Marston *Beryl McMillan as Aileen Marston *Richard Beynon

References

External links

''Robbery Under Arms'' 1950 radio version
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