Rangle River | |
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Directed by | Clarence G. Badger |
Written by | Charles Chauvel Elsa Chauvel |
Based on | story by Zane Grey |
Starring | Victor Jory Robert Coote |
Studio | Columbia National Studios |
Release date(s) | 1936 |
Running time | 86 mins |
Country | Australia |
Language | English |
Budget | ₤20,000[1] |
Rangle River is a 1936 Australian western directed by Clarence G. Badger.
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Marion Hastings (Margaret Dare) returns to her father’s (George Bryant's) cattle property in western Queensland after being away in Europe for fifteen years. She is treated with hostility by her father's foreman, Dick Drake (Victor Jory) and the local river which they use keeps drying up. An English house guest, Reggie Mannister (Robert Coote) discovers that the river is being dammed by Marion's neighbour, Donald Lawton (Cecil Perry). Drake comes her to aid, rescues Marion from drowning and helps defeat Lawton in a whip duel.
The movie was partly financed by a Hollywood studio, Columbia, and used an imported American star and director.[2]
The original story was written by Zane Grey while at Bermagui during his 1935 fishing tour of Australia, a period which also produced the film White Death (1936).[3] The script was adapted by Charles and Elsa Chauvel. It features a number of stock characters from Australian films and theatre of the time, such as the "squatter's daughter" and the "English new chum".
The role of Marion Hastings was originally offered to Nancy O'Neil, an Australian actor living in England.[4]
Clarence Badger settled in Australia but only made one more feature, That Certain Something (1941).