The Man from Snowy River (1982 film)

The Man from Snowy River is a 1982 Australian drama film based on the Banjo Paterson poem The Man from Snowy River. The story of a boy suddenly alone in the world. The men who challenge him. And the girl who helps him become a man. (tagline)

Jim Craig

 * There are a dozen good brood mares in that mob. I'll be back for them... and for whatever else is mine.
 * I'm not hiding beneath the skirts of a bunch of women.

Jessica Harrison

 * If I'd wanted your help, mate, I would've asked for it.

Spur

 * Don't throw effort out to foolishness!
 * I haven't had this much feminine attention in years.

Dialogue

 * Jim: United in death, the minister said.
 * Spur: Superstition.
 * Jim: It's a nice thought, Spur.
 * Spur: It's a great comfort to widows and fools. There's more to life than death, Jim.


 * Harrison: You have a long way to go yet, lad.
 * Spur: He's not a lad, brother, he's man. He's a man!


 * Curly: I'm studying to be supervisor.
 * Jim: Studying to be stupid.


 * Jessica: [viewing from horseback, after Jim saves Jessica and they kiss, a change coming in the Aussie mountain weather] It changes so suddenly. One moment it's paradise, the next it's trying to kill you.
 * Jim: Yep, that's how it can be up here. If it was easy to get to know it, it would be not challenging. You've got to treat the mountains like a high-spirited horse; never take it for granted.
 * Jessica: It's the same with people, too.


 * Rosemary: Male company will be a pleasant relief in this hothouse of female emotions.


 * Jim: I think they're trying to make a butler out of me.
 * Jessica: They're trying to make a lady out of me.
 * Jim: Well, they won't have no luck.
 * Jessica: Thank you very much!
 * Jim: Now hold on, I didn't mean...
 * Jessica: I don't suppose they'll have any luck making a gentleman out of you, either.


 * [Harrison is threatening to send Jessica away to a ladies' college]
 * Jessica: No! I won't go!
 * Harrison: [slaps Jessica] You're as deceitful as your mother.


 * Frew: [rising in bed with his lever action rifle as Curly advances on Jim with a broken bottle] Curly - lose the bottle! [cocks the lever action rifle as Curly stops and stares] I did it before... and so help me, I'll do it again.
 * [Curly drops the bottle]


 * Curly: [to Jim] I heard you broke in more than the colt while we were away... Did you have to use your spurs boy?!


 * Spur: [hears stones falling behind them] How'd you find this place?
 * Clancy: I tracked ya. [laughs] You silly old galah, you leave a trail like a one-legged seed drill.
 * Spur: Damn you, Clancy, always sneekin' around, makin' no noise.
 * Clancy: I heard noise, I heard voices.
 * Spur: Aha, sure sign of old age when you start hearin' things.

Tagline

 * The story of a boy suddenly alone in the world. The men who challenge him. And the girl who helps him become a man.

Cast

 * Tom Burlinson - Jim Craig
 * Sigrid Thornton - Jessica Harrison
 * Kirk Douglas - Harrison / Spur
 * Terence Donovan - Henry Craig
 * Tommy Dysart - Mountain Man
 * Bruce Kerr - Man in Street
 * David Bradshaw - Banjo Paterson
 * Jack Thompson - Clancy
 * Tony Bonner - Kane
 * June Jago - Mrs. Lorraine Bailey
 * Chris Haywood - Curly
 * Kristopher Steele - Moss
 * Gus Mercurio - Frew
 * Howard Eynon - Shorry
 * Lorraine Bayly - Rosemary Hume