Mad Dog Morgan

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(daniel) Mad Dog Morgan
DVD cover for 'Mad Dog Morgan'
Directed by	Philippe Mora
Produced by	Richard Brennan Jeremy Thomas
Written by	Margaret Carnegie Philippe Mora
Starring	Dennis Hopper Jack Thompson David Gulpilil Frank Thring Michael Pate
Music by	Patrick Flynn
Cinematography	Mike Molloy
Editing by	John Scott
Distributed by	Troma Entertainment
Release date(s)	1976
Running time	99 minutes
Language	English

Mad Dog Morgan is a 1976 Australian bushranger film directed by Philippe Mora and starring [[Dennis

Hopper]]. It is based upon the life of Dan Morgan. In his time, the bushranger was known as 'Mad Dan' rather than Mad Dog.^{[citation needed]} The film used various locations where Dan Morgan had been active, in the eastern Riverina, including Billabong Creek, Culcairn and Jindera.

IMDb summary: Australia in the 1850s: Daniel Morgan, like hundreds of other ex-patriots from the British Isles (he is from Ireland), has come Down under to seek his fortune. There is a gold rush going on, and Morgan wants to strike it rich. As fate would have it, Morgan soon finds himself on the other side of the law, broke and desperate. A single act of highway robbery gets him 12 years of hard labor. While in prison, he is systematically abused. Upon release, Morgan vows revenge on those who wronged him. With the help of an aborigine named Billy, and a growing legend of audacity, Morgan soon becomes a hero. The locals love him, while the wealthy and powerful fear his influence. They want this outlaw dead or alive, and will stop at nothing to see that their sense of justice is done. But Morgan only wants those to pay for the crimes they have committed, to recognize that he wasn't always a bushranger - he was made into one. It wasn't only his mind that made him bad. It was society that turned him into Mad Dog Morgan.

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