# 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.

## 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

## External links

* The Man from Snowy River quotes at the Internet Movie Database