Australia, 19th century: When their mother is unjustly arrested by the police, Ned Kelly and his brother Dan have to make their own living. They start distilling schnapps - black, of course. But what starts off rather harmlessly ends up in armed robberies, merciless chases and deadly confrontations - and Ned is at the top of the country's most wanted list of criminals. But as a descendant of Irish immigrants, the hero doesn't let the English-born rulers get him down...