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Rangi's Catch
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Wikipedia article
'Rangi's Catch' is a 1972 adventure film. The eponymous role is played by a young Temuera Morrison in his first role. Originally made for television, it was re-edited and re-cut for a theatrical release.
Plot
Four children on a remote sheep station in the South Island of New Zealand hear of the escape of two convicts, and realise that the crooks are responsible for burgling their house while they were swimming. They pursue the crooks, and despite being detained by the police help catch the crooks and their stolen money hidden in a cave, so are rewarded. They return to their idyllic rural existence.
Cast
* Temuera Morrison as Rangi
* Andrew Kerr as Johnny Murray
* Kate Forlong as Jane Murray
* Vernon Hill as Hemi
* Ian Mune as Jake, crook
* Michael Woolf as Bill, crook
* Don Selwyn as Mr. Rukuhia
* Hannah Morrison as Mrs. Rukuhia
* Peter Vere-Jones as Mr. Murray
* Christine Elsdon as Mrs. Murray
References
* 'New Zealand Film 1912-1996' by Helen Martin & Sam Edwards p57 (1997, Oxford University Press, Auckland)