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.
Plot
Easygoing San Francisco private detective Harold "Harry" Wingate gets a six-figure offer from millionaire Brutus Cathcart to travel to Australia and retrieve Cathcart's prized opal from former Irish Republican Army terrorist sharpshooter Lester McInally. With the help of an Aborigine rancher and revenge-minded widow Kate McQueen, Wingate battles McInally and his minions, who have taken over an entire outback town.[2]
Cast
- Sam Elliott as Harold 'Harry' Wingate
- Robert Culp as Lester McInally
- Jack Davis as Jahrgadu
- Peter Ford as Quentin McQueen
- Rebecca Gilling as Kate McQueen
- John Meillon
- Robert Coleby
- Max Phipps as Brutus Cathcart
- Ernie Dingo as Pekeri
- Garry Who as Mechanic
References
- ^ Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p16
- ^ "The Blue Lightning (TV Movie 1986) - IMDb". IMDb.
External links
- The Blue Lightning at IMDb
- The Blue Lightning at Oz Movies
