This is a charming film about a man from the Australian mountain country, Jim, who has lost both his parents to the elements of mountain living, his mother to illness and his father to an accident. He is now alone, except for his dusty old goldmining friend, Spur (Kirk Douglas, Sparticus) and his mountain trained mustang horse.
He goes down to the town and searches for work, but is out of luck, till he charms the young colt of a wealthy beef dealer (Also played by Douglas), the estranged brother of Spur, and lands himself a job as a ranch hand. In the process, he makes the awkward acquaintance of the beef dealers daughter, Jessica.
The two inevitably fall in love, albeit over some strange material, breaking the spirit of the wild colt, and fighting with eachother. Jim, a young man, comes of age and has many adventures that lead to him becoming the man from Snowy River. The ending is quite fitting, and lovely, and the romance is actually quite genuine between Jim and Jessica. Douglas is brilliant in a double role, and the other supporting characters are all very strong. Clancy, Curly, and Jessica’s aunt are all superb minor characters.
Jim is very strong and he’s played very strong, a man of character and strength, forged in the mountains. It makes me want to watch the sequel to this 2 movie. I’d watch it again with friends, in a heartbeat.
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