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 Tongariro National Park
 The Dominant Species
 Charlie Horse
 Smash Palace
 Journeys in National Parks: Tongariro te Maunga
 Heartland, Waimarino

Synopsis

Mitch (Keith Aberdein) moves to Tongariro National Park to help wrangle wild horses threatening ecology and traffic. He meets Sara, who shares an obsession for a fabled silver horse. They clash with rangers and deer recovery guns-for-hire (Bruno Lawrence is the black-clad villain) determined to eradicate the horses, and a showdown on the Desert Plateau ensues. In the notoriously fraught production a stable of Kiwi acting legends perform a melange of western and freedom-on-the-range genre turns (with the conservationists oddly set up as the bad guys).

Credits (31)

 Derek Morton

Derek Morton
Director

 John Barnett

John Barnett
Producer

 Kevin O'Sullivan

Kevin O'Sullivan
Writer, Screenplay

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Related Titles (7)

 Smash Palace

Smash Palace

Film, 1981 (Trailer and Excerpts)

Also stars Keith Aberdein

 The Dominant Species

The Dominant Species

Television, 1975 (Full Length)

Directed by Derek Morton

 Tongariro National Park

Tongariro National Park

Short Film, 1951 (Full Length)

A 1951 NFU promo on the park

 Charlie Horse

Charlie Horse

Television, 1978 (Full Length)

Features Wild Horses actor Martyn Sanderson breaking in a horse

 Journeys in National Parks: Tongariro te Maunga

Journeys in National Parks: Tongariro te Maunga

Television, 1987 (Full Length)

A Peter Hayden-presented journey through the park

 Heartland, Waimarino

Heartland, Waimarino

Television, 1994 (Excerpts)

More horse, deer and pig hunting action in the region

 Wild Horse Wild Country

Wild Horse Wild Country

Television, 1994 (Full Length)

Documentary about the Kaimanawa wild horses

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Included in:

 The Bruno Lawrence Collection

The Bruno Lawrence Collection

Curated by NZ On Screen Team
Added 10 February 2011

 The Horse Collection

The Horse Collection

Curated by NZ On Screen Team
Added 26 January 2011

Quotes

I couldn’t make head or tail of what the story was. And I shot the bloody thing. 

– Director Derek Morton, Onfilm magazine, December 1985.