{{Short description|Australian film}}
{{Infobox film | name = The Mail Robber | image =
| caption = | director = Greg Palmer | producer = Greg Palmer | writer = Greg Palmer | narrator = | starring = Greg Palmer | music = | cinematography = | editing = | distributor = | studio = Palmer Pictures | released = {{Film date|1925}} | runtime = 200 feet<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article202197688 |title=AN AUSTRALIAN PICTURE. |newspaper=The Age |issue=22342 |location=Victoria, Australia |date=12 November 1926 |accessdate=26 April 2019 |page=12 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> | country = Australia | language = {{ubl|Silent film|English intertitles}} | budget = }} '''''The Mail Robber''''' is a 1925 short Australian film made by Greg Palmer when he was fifteen.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article112150949 |title=NORTHBOUND LTD. |newspaper=The Corowa Chronicle |volume=20 |issue=2090 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=1 September 1926 |accessdate=26 April 2019 |page=4 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
Part of the film survives today.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article202408623 |title="THE NORTHBOUND LIMITED." |newspaper=The Evening News |issue=1352 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=4 December 1926 |accessdate=26 April 2019 |page=6 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
==Plot== A robber steals a mail bag and is chased through a park.
==Production== Palmer took five years to raise the money.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article77689364 |title=YOUNG PICTURE PRODUCER |newspaper=The Border Watch |volume=LXV |issue=6578 |location=South Australia |date=5 February 1927 |accessdate=26 April 2019 |page=1 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
==Reception== The film made £650 in profit.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article244094661 |title=MAKING MOVIES AUSTRALIA |newspaper=The Herald |issue=16,033 |location=Victoria, Australia |date=6 October 1928 |accessdate=26 April 2019 |page=17 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
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==External links== *[http://colsearch.nfsa.gov.au/nfsa/search/display/display.w3p;page=0;query=Person%3A%22%2FPerson%2Fkey%2F15677-1%22;rec=2;resCount=10 The Mail Robber] at National Film and Sound Archive
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mail Robber, The}} Category:1925 films Category:Australian comedy short films Category:Australian silent films Category:1925 Australian films Category:1925 short films