Novel
El capitán Starlight (Sam Neill) se ha convertido en una leyenda. Hace tiempo que dejó su Inglaterra natal y llegó a tierras australianas, donde lidera una banda de forajidos que se dedica a asaltar trenes, a robar ganado y a otra clase de fechorías. Starlight no es un bandido cualquiera, tiene clase y conserva los gustos y modales heredados de su origen noble.
Novel
During the mid 1860s, brothers Dick and Jim Marston are drawn into a life of crime by their ex-convict father Ben and his friend, infamous cattlethief Captain Starlight. Making their way to Melbourne with the proceeds of a recent raid, the brothers meet and romance the Morrison sisters, Kate and Jean, whom they eventually marry; but just as they are poised to start a new life in America, Captain Starlight and his gang arrive in town, planning a raid at the local bank.