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Plot

Besotted by alcohol, Australian cattle-station owner Michael McGuire (Finlay Currie) is led to believe that crooked gambler Richard Connor (Peter Lawford) is his long-lost son. Connor and his partner-in-crime Gamble (Richard Boone) go along with the gag, convincing McGuire's daughter Dell (Maureen O'Hara) that they've arrived to help the old man save his livestock, when in fact they're planning a major swindle. The scheme goes awry when Connor falls genuinely in love with Dell. The arrival of mounted policeman Leonard (Chips Rafferty) sets the ball rolling for an onslaught of violence, renunciation and redemption. Vividly filmed on location in Australia, Kangaroo was remade in Africa as The Jackals in 1967.
MPAA Rating:
Genre(s):
Action,Westerns
Run Time:
84min.
Director(s):
Lewis Milestone
Starring:
Maureen O'Hara , Peter Lawford , Finlay Currie , Richard Boone , Chips Rafferty
Themes:
Redemption,Cons and Scams
Keywords:
America,Australia,adventurer,bad-guy,cattle,cattle-drive,challenge,con/scam,cowboy,daughter,death,evil,father,fire,good-guy,help,hidden,impersonation,kangaroo,lawyer,police,promise,ranch,robbery,romance,shoot-out,son,stampede,storm,traveling,water,wound [injury]