The Blue Lightning

The Blue Lightning
The Blue Lightning
Directed by	Lee Philips
Written by	William Kelly
Produced by	Ross Matthews
Starring	Sam Elliott; Rebecca Gilling; John Meillon; Robert Coleby; Max Phipps; Robert Culp
Production; companies	Roadshow, Coote & Carroll
Distributed by	Channel 7
Release date	1986
Running time	96 mins
Country	Australia
Language	English
Budget	$2.55 million

The Blue Lightning is a 1986 Australian film directed by Lee Philips and starring Sam Elliott, Rebecca Gilling, John Meillon, Robert Coleby, Max Phipps, and Robert Culp.

Premise[]

Easygoing San Francisco private detective Harry Wingate (Sam Elliott) gets a six-figure offer from millionaire Brutus Cathcart (Max Phipps) to travel to Australia and retrieve Cathcart's prized opal from former Irish Republican Army terrorist sharpshooter Lester McInally (Robert Culp). With the help of an Aborigine rancher (Jack Davis) and revenge-minded widow Kate McQueen (Rebecca Gilling), Wingate battles McInally and his minions, who have taken over an entire outback town.^[2]

Cast[]

Sam Elliott as Harry Wingate
Robert Culp as Lester McInally
Jack Davis as Jahrgadu
Peter Ford as Quentin McQueen

References[]

^ Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p16
^ "The Blue Lightning (TV Movie 1986) - IMDb".

External links[]

The Blue Lightning at IMDb
The Blue Lightning at Oz Movies

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[scott-1] Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p16

[2] "The Blue Lightning (TV Movie 1986) - IMDb".

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