The Man from Snowy River

What's the matter, matey?

Mommy won't let you have a drink?

Go on, it's on the house.

It's a free sample, try it.

Oh well, give us it back then,

if you're gonna be a mommy's boy.

My brother here will get you a glass of milk.

George, we got any milk in the back of the car?

Leave it alone.

Well let what we've got here Greg.

We got ourselves a real drinkin' man here.

Come on lad, show us another one.

- It's quite a large amount you're seeking, Mrs. O'Neil.

Yes, it is.

- But then with the railroad leasing part of your property,

no doubt you'll be in a position to

repay the loan quite quickly, hm?

Money is meant to work Mr. Elliott,

and I'm planning other investments.

So I have no intention of paying off the loan quickly.

Any more than I intend to

discuss my business here in public.

Please, Mrs. O'Neil.

Kathlene, please forgive me, my office of course.

I'll be with you in just one moment Mr. Hocking.

Ya, ya!

Hey dad!

Go on, get up.

It's been good havin' you here, Luke.

You've been a real help with the master.

It's surprised you, hasn't it?

- Well I didn't think you and I would ever be friends.

- The fact is, these past few months at Langara.

It's the first time I've felt like I belong somewhere.

Well you're part of the family.

You belong with us.

Wash them up.

Harry, are you all right?

Isn't this Bill Jarvis' boy?

What are you tryin' to do, lad?

I think he's drunk.

Rob, is that you?

Come on, let's get you up.

Must be broken.

- See if you can find somethin' to use as a splint.

We'll have to straighten it.

Come on son, up you go.

You'll be all right.

You'll be all right.

And two pairs of boots.

Boots, uh, yes sir.

What size do you take?

Not for me, my boys.

Make them size 12, they're big lads, both of them.

- Well, pass the lads in, they could try them on.

12s will be fine.

I'll take all of this.

Yes sir.

Goodness, are you all right?

Reckless.

My wagon, and my cabbages.

Who's the lady?

That's Mrs. O'Neil.

Married, huh?

She's a widow.

A widow, eh?

Are you all right?

Out of the way, ladies.

Do you mind?

Kathlene!

What is happening to this town, Matt?

Well I've just seen worse.

Saw the Jarvis boy break his arm.

- Well the miners and the railroad workers,

especially the young ones,

they seem to be more drunk than sober.

Who's that?

That's a Mr. Hocking.

He was just in the bank counting out a huge roll of money.

And those two hooligans with them,

they almost ran me down up there. (sighs)

This collar is killin' me.

What do we have to go to church for, anyway?

We've never been before.

Tell him, Greg.

'Cause we're settling here, I suppose.

Exactly, we're settling here.

Putting down roots.

No more living in the bush like wild animals.

Grady Hocking and his boys are gonna have a home.

- A house? - Why not?

- I still don't see why we've got to go to church.

- What better place to meet our future neighbors?

And our future customers, than in the house of the Lord?

Hurry up with those boots or we'll be late.

And I don't want to miss the sermon.

Over the past few weeks,

you've listened to me expressing concern

over what you and I are letting happen to our town.

Patterson's Ridge is growing.

The railway's about to come through, the town is expanding.

Well, it's the progress we've all worked so hard for.

But, that progress has brought us new problems.

The illegally brewed alcohol that's

being sold in the district has already caused

bad accidents and nasty fights.

I know none of us like to be informers,

but those of you who know anything

about where this is coming from.

We do have a responsibility to your neighbors

to do something about it.

Brady Hocking, parson,

and these are my two sons, Greg and George.

Nice to meet you Mr. Hocking.

Welcome to Paterson's Ridge.

Are you planning to stay?

We certainly are sir,

although I was a little concerned

about the subject of your sermon.

We're all concerned, Mr. Hocking.

Ah, Mr. McGregor isn't it?

Yeah.

And Mrs. O'Neil.

I hope it doesn't put you off

our little town, Mr. Hocking.

We'll find out who's responsible though, don't you worry.

- So you don't know where it's coming from?

'Fraid not.

Young men around here don't like

the idea of turning informer.

Alcohol.

It's the Devil's brew, and that's for sure.

I wouldn't let either of my sons touch the stuff.

- Well don't worry, we'll find out who's responsible.

Can't keep a secret around here for long.

No, you can't.

Well, it's been a pleasure meeting you all.

No doubt we'll see more of each other in the future.

Goodbye.

- That preacher's gonna make things hard for us.

Maybe we should move on.

- Nobody moves Grady Hocking on, ever again.

- It ain't the past that I'm worried about.

Then it should be.

A man pays more heed to the past than he does to the parson.

They listen to him, what he says goes.

I'm just telling you what I heard.

Matt McGregor's a member of Parliament, that's all.

Well well, you got me shaking now.

And what's he gonna do, pass a law against us?

We're already breaking the law.

We could get 10 years, all of us.

What'd you do that for?

George didn't mean anything.

Nobody moves Grady Hocking on.

And nobody puts Grady Hocking into jail ever again.

Grady Hocking or his sons.

Understand?

Do you understand George?

Yes.

Yes who?

Yes dad.

Good boy, you're a good son.

You're both good boys, good sons.

Hocking and Sons.

No man, parson or no,

is ever gonna put either of you boys in jail.

- Frank, what brings you to this neck of the woods?

- There's a fence down on the ridge up above Stony Hollow.

I'm wondering if any of your boys

have been up that way lately.

And those boundary fences are a two-way responsibility.

Well as far as I know,

Luke repaired that section before winter.

Yeah, I did.

Brombies must have brought it down.

Well these brombies did a very neat job.

You're suggesting that maybe we

pulled it down to bring this mob through, huh?

Bit of a short cut.

Well, it was none of our doing.

So I guess it's your responsibility.

I don't suppose you could've

fixed it while you were up there?

Ah don't worry Frank,

I was thinking of sending Luke

up there to look for some strays.

He can camp out overnight, all right with you?

Yeah no problem.