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Robert Culp as the villainous McInally in The Blue Lightning (screen cap)
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Issue Details: First known date: 1986... 1986 The Blue Lightning
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Film Details - Roadshow Coote and Carroll , 1986

Producers:

Matt Carroll, Greg Coote, and Alan P. Sloan (executive producers). Ross Matthews (producer).

Production Companies:

Roadshow, Coote and Carroll

Director of Photography:

Geoffrey Simpson

Editors:

Ted Ötton

Production Designers:

Chris Breckwoldt

Music:

Frank Strangio

Cast:

Including Sam Elliott (Harry Wingate), Rebecca Gilling (Kate McQueen), John Meillon (Dr William Giles), Robert Coleby (Brutus Cathcart), Robert Culp (Lester McInally), Ralph Cotterill (Words), Jack Davis (Jahrgadu), and Ray Meagher (Hale).

Release Dates:

May 1986

Location:

  • Filmed on location at Katoomba, Silverton, and Sydney (all New South Wales).

Notes:

Also known as Der Preis für 35 Karat (West Germany), Niebieski opal (Poland), and Sinisen opaalin jäljillä (Finland).
This film is rare and out of print. The NFSA holds copies and documentation (Title Nos: 766914, 805532).

Settings:
  • Australian Outback, Central Australia,
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