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| | Phar Lap (Australia, 1983) |
 | | After this movie, Simon Wincer did good work: the war picture The Lighthorsemen (Australia); Quigley Down Under (suspense with Tom Selleck in Australia); the TV series Lonesome Dove and The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, the popular kidpic Free Willy and the entertaining Operation Dumbo Drop (reviewed in E. Jahiel's site). |
 | | Warm, well-told, attention-keeping story of Australian racehorse of late 20s-early 30s, a champion who apparently is still a legend in equine circles, and a household name in Australia. |
 | | Phar Lap won 37 races in three years, died abruptly in 1932, in California, perhaps the victim of Mob interests that it menaced. |
| www.prairienet.org /ejahiel/phar_lap.htm (334 words) |
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