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Australian Western and drama film

The Man from Snowy River is a Australian Westerndrama film based on the Banjo Paterson poem "The Man from Snowy River". The film stars Kirk Douglas in a dual role as the brothers Harrison (a character who appeared frequently in Paterson's poems) and Spur, Jack Thompson as Clancy, Tom Burlinson as Jim Craig, Sigrid Thornton as Harrison's daughter Jessica, Terence Donovan as Jim's father Henry Craig, and Chris Haywood as Curly.

Both Burlinson and Thornton later reprised their roles in the sequel, The Man from Snowy River II, which was distributed by Walt Disney Pictures.

Plot

When Jim Craig and his father Henry are discussing their finances, a herd of wild horses called the Brumby mob passes by, and Henry wants to shoot the black stallion leader, but Jim convinces his father to capture and sell them.

Jim and Henry are making a yard to trap the mob when they reappear and trample through the area. In the