ReelReveal #83

Its star came up with it standing in New York, wondering what would happen if a Northern Territory bushman turned up there — "We've always been desperately short of folk heroes in this country. Ned Kelly is pathetic." The budget came from a tax break, the actors' union objected to importing an American for the female lead, and Fox and Warner both passed before Paramount paid $6 million for it. It is loosely based on a real man, Rod Ansell.