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| 3 | ''Captain Thunderbolt'' is a 1953 Cecil Holmes film starring Grant Taylor as the bushranger Frederick Ward. One black and white copy of this now rare film is stored at the Australian National Sound and Film Archive. |
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| 5 | !!''Captain Thunderbolt'' contains examples of: |
| 6 | * AgentPeacock: Captain Thunderbolt is quite TheDandy, and enjoys dancing with beautiful women. |
| 7 | * BadassLongcoat: Ward's attire is identical to that of TheGambler in Westerns: frock coat, bolo tie and EyeObscuringHat. |
| 8 | * DarkIsNotEvil: Captain Thunderbolt favours black suits, but robs the rich to feed the poor JustLikeRobinHood. He even beats the EvilBrit bankers, {{Rancher}}s and officials at TabletopGame/{{Poker}} to win back some of the money they extorted from the Irish DeterminedHomesteader families. |
| 9 | * TheGunslinger: Ward and his sidekick Alan Blake (Charles Tingwell) are deadly with their six-shooters. |
| 10 | * HeroicSacrifice: Blake dies TakingTheBullet from Mannix so Ward can escape. |
| 11 | * HistoricalBeautyUpdate: The real life Frederick Ward had an unkempt beard, but Holmes portrays him as a sharp dressed, clean shaven Bodgie.[[https://www.flickr.com/photos/nfsa/4626274264/]] |
| 12 | * GoodHairEvilHair: Ward is clean shaven and has a Teddy Boy quiff. Mannix has a bushy beard. |
| 13 | * TheHighwayman: Ward behaves like a gentleman when robbing stagecoaches. |
| 14 | * HellHolePrison: Ward, Blake and the other convicts are [[WorkingOnTheChainGang put to work on a chain gang]] breaking rocks. |
| 15 | * IndianMaiden: Aboriginal girl Mary. |
| 16 | * TheRustler: Ward and Blake were imprisoned for stealing horses. |
| 17 | * RabidCop: Sgt Mannix (Harp Mcguire) will do anything to see Ward dead. |
| 18 | * WardensAreEvil: The prison guards force the convicts of the PenalColony to labour in the hot sun until they collapse. |
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