The read
Scores higher than 71% of the 1,406 1980s drama movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
Jim Craig has lived his first 18 years in the mountains of Australia on his father's farm. The death of his father forces him to go to the lowlands to earn enough money to get the farm back on its feet.
Ratings
IMDb7.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes77%
Metacritic63/100
169 audience votes
Key crew
- John DixonScreenplay
- George T. MillerDirector
- Bruce RowlandOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Tom BurlinsonJim Craig
- Sigrid ThorntonJessica Harrison
- Terence DonovanHenry Craig
- Kirk DouglasHarrison / Spur
- Jack ThompsonClancy
- Tommy DysartMountain Man
- Tony BonnerKane
- Chris HaywoodCurly
- Gus MercurioFrew
- June JagoMrs. Bailey
- Bruce KerrMan in Street
- David BradshawBanjo Paterson
Stills
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Themes
australiaregrethorseback ridingriverhorseranchbased on song, poem or rhymebrumbybrumbiescoltstockmanclancy of the overflow
The Best Movies of 1982
The Man from Snowy River is #38 of 60
