The Shadow of Lightning Ridge (1921)

Directed by

Wilfred Lucas

Genre

silent film, bushranging film

Country

Australia

Runtime

50 min

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A lost silent film from Australia featuring a sportsman as a bushranger. It follows a raid and a horse chase in the outback.

episodicaction-orientedold-fashionedsparsefrozen-in-timemelodramaticnostalgic

What happens

The Shadow of Lightning Ridge is a 1920 Australian silent film starring renowned Australian sportsman Snowy Baker. It has been called the most "Western"-like of the films Baker made in Australia. It is now considered a lost film. Charles Chauvel had a small role as a groom. The success of the film prompted the formation of the Carroll-Baker Film Corporation with capital of £25,000. A studio, Palmerston, at Waverly was established. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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