Phar Lap (1983)

Directors

Simon Wincer

Cast

Tom Burlinson, Robert Grubb, Vincent Ball, John Stanton, Redmond Phillips, Richard Morgan, Martin Vaughan, Celia De Burgh, Steven Bannister, Richard Terrill, Ron Leibman, Judy Morris, Henry Duvall, Warwick Moss, Pat Thomson, James Steele, Peter Whitford, Maggie Millar, Anthony Hawkins, Roger Newcombe, Brian Anderson, Paul Riley, Len Kaserman, Tommy Woodcock, Brian Adams, Randall Berger, John Higgins, Gia Carides

The story

A chestnut Thoroughbred horse called Phar Lap, known as Bobby by his strapper Tommy Woodcock (Tom Burlinson), collapses and dies in Tommy's arms at Menlo Park in California in 1932. The news is greeted with great sadness in Australia. The remainder of the film is done as flashback.

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