The son of a mountain farmer is forced to leave his home after the death of his father, and goes to work for a cattle rancher in the lowlands. He falls for his employer's daughter, while discovering the story behind the man's long-standing feud with his twin brother. Australian Western, starring Kirk Douglas in a dual role, with Tom Burlinson and Jack Thompson
The Man from Snowy River is a 1982 Australian drama film based on the Banjo Paterson poem The Man from Snowy River. The film had a cast including Kirk Douglas in a dual role as the brothers Harrison (a character who appeared frequently in Patterson's poems) and Spur, a prospector, Jack Thompson as Clancy, Tom Burlinson as "Jim Craig" (The Man), Sigrid Thornton as Harrison's daughter Jessica, Terence Donovan as Jim's father Henry Craig, and Chris Haywood as Curly. Both Tom Burlinson and Sigrid Thornton later reprised their roles in the 1988 sequel, The Man from Snowy River II, which was released by Walt Disney Pictures.
