Mad Dog Morgan

Infobox Film
name =(daniel) Mad Dog Morgan


caption = DVD cover for 'Mad Dog Morgan'
director = Philippe Mora
producer = Richard Brennan
Jeremy Thomas
writer = Margaret Carnegie
Philippe Mora
starring = Dennis Hopper
Jack Thompson
David Gulpilil
Frank Thring
Michael Pate
music = Patrick Flynn
cinematography = Mike Molloy
editing = John Scott
distributor = Troma Entertainment
released = 1976
runtime = 99 minutes
language = English
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"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.Fact|date=September 2007 The film used various locations where Dan Morgan had been active, in the eastern Riverina, including Billabong Creek, Culcairn and Jindera.

[http://imdb.com/title/tt/plotsummary 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.

"Tagline:" "And Don't Forget the Scrotum..."

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