On the Friendly Road

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On the Friendly Road
Directed byRudall Hayward
Release date
1936
Running time
7592 ft
84 min
CountryNew Zealand
LanguageEnglish
Budget£800 (initial)

On the Friendly Road is a 1936 film from New Zealand which told a story of New Zealand in the depression.[1][2]

Plot

The plot involves Mac McDermitt who is wrongly accused of theft and imprisoned, but is finally vindicated and cleared. The crusading Rev Colin Scrimgeour also starred. Sam Edwards said it has one-dimensional characters so is melodramatic, and "has not improved with age".

Cast

John Mackie as Mac McDermitt

References

  • New Zealand Film 1912-1996 by Helen Martin & Sam Edwards p49 (1997, Oxford University Press, Auckland) ISBN 019 558336 1