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.
The Man from Snowy River

PG1h 44m7.2

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In the Australian outback of the 1880s, a young boy named Jim Craig navigates the challenges of adulthood after his father's passing and finds his place as a cowboy on the Harrison cattle ranch.

Return to Snowy River

PG1h 50m6.6

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Jim Craig returns to his Australian homeland, but finds his high school sweetheart Jessica being wooed by another suitor, as her father Harrison remains wary of accepting him back into their lives.

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