Backbencher

"Return to Snowy River" is a movie that is a squeal to the movie "Man of Snow River." The first movie is based on the poem by Banjo Paterson. This movie is about how a mountain man returns to his home to claim the women he loves and the right of his people. The man is Jim Craig he is what Manning Clark would call a currency boy. His lines are from the convict stock.

Jim comes home to his mountain home after he makes his mark by putting to together a herd of the best breeding horses that he can get. When He gets home what he is find is that the woman that he love (Jessica Harris) is being courted by an English Bankers son that is part of mount guard of the area. Jessica dose not love the bankers son and decides not to continue with this relationship. This up sets her father on of the wealthiest cattle men in the district. He wants Jessica to marry the bankers son so that it will further his relation and business deal with banker. Jessica and her father fight and she runs away. In fact she runs away to Jim and his mountain home. She begins to help Jim with the horse breeding business. They get a cataract with the government for the horse. This dose not set well with the bankers son for two reasons. The first is that Jessica rejected him and the second is that Jim got the horse contract that his family had gotten for years.

This is were the trouble begins. The bankers son goes up to steal Jim's horses to get revenge on Jim. This gets on of the young me killed and a Jim's best mate seriously injured. The whole district come together to get back the horses an put a stop to the bankers son. Jim and everyone dose this. In the end Jim and Jessica have the horses back and the blessing of Jessica's father.

I think that this is an Australian movie because talks about the currency boys and how they get the best of the British and the wealthy squatters. It also looks at mateship and how it works. Where you mate will help you no matter what but they are not neccaerly you friend.