Mad Dog Morgan

1976

Action / Crime / Drama / History / Western

9
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 39% · 3 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 39% · 250 ratings
IMDb Rating 6.1/10 10 2052 2.1K

prison australia outlaw 19th century australian western

Plot summary

The true story of Irish outlaw Daniel Morgan, who is wanted, dead or alive, in Australia during the 1850s.

Director

Philippe Mora Photo
Philippe Mora

Top cast

Peter Collingwood Photo
Peter Collingwood as Judge Barry
Gerard Maguire Photo
Gerard Maguire as Rutherford
John Smythe Photo
John Smythe as Extra
Norman Kaye Photo
Norman Kaye as Swagman
720p.BluRay 1080p.BluRay
860.43 MB
1280*534
English 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 42 min
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1.63 GB
1920*800
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 42 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by tim-764-291856 7 / 10

Mad Dogs Go out In the Australian sun...

Firstly, my DVD version is the final disc (of 12) in the Australian Cinema Collection and is in good, clear 'tall' widescreen. Therefore I do not need to cover ground about the quality issues surrounding the transfer that other Amazon reviewers have, apart from that it's fine.Irish Daniel Morgan (a suitably way-out casting choice and performance from American acting legend Dennis Hopper) goes a bit awry and is subsequently incarcerated into a penal regime that demands 12 years hard labour from him. Here, he is raped, tortured and generally abused by officers and inmates who find pleasure in such things.Calling himself 'Smith', he is freed on parole after serving half his sentence, but Morgan is emotionally damaged and wild with anger and revenge. The film, directed by Philippe Mora, is certificate "M", for 'Mature', as it's an Australian release, is probably between a 15 and 18, over here in the U.K. Thus, it shows the natural side to bush life, as Morgan starts out a free man as a horse thief. Therefore, if such things as aboriginal methods of pulling off a snake's head to extract a 'medicine' are going to spoil your viewing pleasure, then do, look elsewhere, such as the first disc in the boxed -set, the cert U 'Picnic at Hanging Rock'.When Morgan is left for dead after a skirmish with those he was trying to steal from, the aboriginal youth mentioned above nurses him back to health and teaches him methods of survival. This is at times illuminating but also clumsy - such as Hopper's bushy, shiny false beards that can be spotted a mile off and gun wounds to a head that's obviously made of something very synthetic.These anomalies aside, this is a pretty good yarn, with Hopper well able to carry the central character. The locational scenery is often splendid and the supporting cast well able, too. Excesses in violence do occasionally mar, as they do look gratuitous, but not, say in the almost stately manner that Sam Peckinpah managed and seem almost jokey.All in all, this is a pretty good film and actually one of the best in my boxed set, which was slightly surprising.
Reviewed by mvv8383 7 / 10

good

The movie was like watching a "B" western.Very violent.Dennis Hopper was perfect for the part.He made it believable. I actually felt sorry for "Mad Dog". Was "Mad Dog" a crazy man or an illiterate man who was unlucky?? I saw the horrors of prison and how men in the 1800"s were treated. I wonder if prison changed him from a thief to a murdering thief. The Australian people were friendly to him but the Australian Army was hateful to him.Dennis Hopper rambled on and on when "mad Dog" as talking to people. This made the character believable. I could actually picture the real "Mad Dog" doing this. Unfortunately I'll never know what the real "Mad Dog Morgan" was like. I can only see this movie and read stories about him and his legend.
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