| Director: | John Gauci |
| Starring: | John Waters Gerard Kennedy Peter Cummins Sean Scully Jonathan Hardy |
| Narrator: | Alan Hopgood |
| Country: | Australia |
| Language: | English |
| Producer: | Oscar Whitbread |
| Runtime: | 65 mins |
| Company: | ABC |
| Released: | (Sydney) |
| Released2: | (Melbourne) |
Trial of Ned Kelly is a 1977 Australian TV film about the trial of Ned Kelly.[1] [2] [3]
Filming took place at Old Melbourne Gaol Magistrate's Court and at Gembrook, Victoria, which stood in for Singybark Creek. Roger Simpson wrote it in collaboration with Dr Robson, a lecturer in history at Melbourne University. The original chair and canopy used by Judge Barry was used.[4]
The Age praised "another fine performance from Waters".[5]
Another writer from the same paper thought the production was not as good as the script.[6]
The Sydney Sun Herald said "it fails to keep its dramatic promise" mostly because of the device of using Alan Hopgood as a narrator who would appear in the action.[7]