Summary Adventurer Fred Ward is sentenced to hard labour for horse theft, escapes, and becomes a bushranger under the name of Captain Thunderbolt. Stealing mainly from squatters, he quickly becomes notorious. Trooper Mannix is assigned to capture him dead or alive, eventually trapping him. After a long gun-fight, Mannix finds he has killed Thunderbolt's friend Alan Blake, and that Thunderbolt has escaped. Mannix passes off Blake's body as Thunderbolt's but the legend persists that Thunderbolt still roams free. View more details
Directed : Cecil Holmes
Written : Creswick Jenkinson
Stars : Grant Taylor Charles 'Bud' Tingwell Rosemary Miller Harp McGuire
Genres : Adventure
Release date : Jun 30, 1952
Countries of origin : Australia
Language : English
Filming locations : New England, New South Wales, Australia
Production companies : Associated TV
Summary Adventurer Fred Ward is sentenced to hard labour for horse theft, escapes, and becomes a bushranger under the name of Captain Thunderbolt. Stealing mainly from squatters, he quickly becomes notorious. Trooper Mannix is assigned to capture him dead or alive, eventually trapping him. After a long gun-fight, Mannix finds he has killed Thunderbolt's friend Alan Blake, and that Thunderbolt has escaped. Mannix passes off Blake's body as Thunderbolt's but the legend persists that Thunderbolt still roams free. View more details
Genres : Adventure
Release date : Jun 30, 1952
Countries of origin : Australia
Language : English
Filming locations : New England, New South Wales, Australia
Production companies : Associated TV
