Jack Riley - The REAL Man from Snowy River

Описание: There was movement at the station, for the word had passed around
That the colt from Old Regret had got away ………

Jack was a legendary horseman who migrated from Ireland to Australia as a 13-year-old in 1851.

He worked as a tailor near Omeo but found his true passion as a stockman, where he worked for the Pierce family of Greg Greg, near Corryong.

Jack lived in isolation in a hut high up in the hills at Tom Groggin for over 30 years. He loved the Snowy Mountain Country.

The story is told that Banjo Paterson was travelling to Bringenbrong, a small village in the Snowy Mountains, guided by two graziers in those parts, Peter and Walter Mitchell.

They ended up staying the night with Jack Riley in his small isolated hut.

It was there that Banjo Paterson heard about the story of Riley's memorable ride, when as a young man he chased a station-bred horse gone wild that had defeated every attempt to catch him.

Paterson acknowledged the poem was a work of fiction that draws on some other mountain cattlemen he met, but that the main story was based on Jack Riley.

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