Australia,
1986, 95 min
Directed by:
Lee PhilipsCinematography:
Geoffrey SimpsonComposer:
Frank StrangioCast:
Sam Elliott, Rebecca Gilling, John Meillon, Robert Coleby, Max Phipps, Jeff Truman, Robert Culp, Ralph Cotterill, Ernie Dingo, Gary Waddell, Peter Ford (more)Plots(1)
Blue Lightning stars Sam Elliot as an American private eye operating in the Australian outback. Robert Culp is co-starred as a super-criminal in search of a valuable opal. Culp is forced to fight the ethically suspect Elliot for possession of the gem, while Rebecca Gilling vacillates as the heroine. (official distributor synopsis)
Cast
![Sam Elliott](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/072/165072778_e295d2.jpg)
Sam Elliott
USA
Best movies:
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
The Sacketts (1979) (TV movie)
The Big Lebowski (1998)
Rebecca Gilling
Australia
Best movies:
The Man from Hong Kong (1975)
Stone (1974)
The Blue Lightning (1986) (TV movie)
![John Meillon](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/125/158125876_56bd88.gif)
John Meillon
Australia
Best movies:
The Camel Boy (1984)
The Longest Day (1962)
Wake in Fright (1971)
![Robert Coleby](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/404/160404038_e4e3f9.jpg)
Robert Coleby
UK
Best movies:
Anzacs (1985) (series)
In Pursuit of Honor (1995) (TV movie)
Tracks (2013)
![Max Phipps](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/188/158188432_cc038b.jpg)
Max Phipps
Australia
Best movies:
My Brother Tom (1986) (TV movie)
The Road Warrior (1981)
The Return of Captain Invincible (1983)
Jeff Truman
Australia
Best movies:
Dadah Is Death (1988) (TV movie)
A Cry in the Dark (1988)
The 13th Floor (1988)
![Robert Culp](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/143/058/143058500_89308c.jpg)
Robert Culp
USA
Best movies:
Roots: The Next Generations (1979) (series)
Columbo (1971) (series)
Inside Out (1975)
Ralph Cotterill
UK
Best movies:
My Brother Tom (1986) (TV movie)
Bad Boy Bubby (1993)
The Lighthorsemen (1987)
Ernie Dingo
Australia
Best movies:
Bran Nue Dae (2009)
Tommy Tricker and the Stamp Traveller (1988)
Until the End of the World (1991)
Gary Waddell
Australia
Best movies:
The Proposition (2005)
Charlie's Country (2013)
The Stranger (2022)
![Peter Ford](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/619/163619289_d4e6d9.jpg)
Garry Who
Best movies:
You Can't Stop the Murders (2003)
Fair Game (1986)
Dead End (1986)