Hunt's Duffer

Release Date: 1973-01-01

Overview: After prospector Albert Hunt (Ron Burt) registers a gold claim near Ōkārito, he finds himself accompanied by hundreds of fellow miners — who refuse to let Hunt out of their sights, as he returns to the site via water-logged forests and beaches. The darkly poetic tale of what men can do after they smell gold was partly shot on location on the West Coast. The opening features Sam Neill and Close to Home veteran Tony Curran, among Hunt's fireside colleagues.

Rating: 7 / 10

Cast

Ron Burt

as Albert Hunt

John Batstone

as William Hunt

Tony Currie

as 'Black' Sam McMeikan

Sam Neill

as Bradley

Jimmy Maxwell

as Quinlan