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Phar Lap's Son (1936)

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Country
New Zealand

How it feels

A racehorse story set in and around Dunedin, New Zealand. The plot involves the son of the famous racehorse Phar Lap.

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What happens

Phar Lap's Son is a 1936 New Zealand film directed by A. L. Lewis. Only part of it survives. It was shot in and around Dunedin. Many of the crew who worked on it had worked on Down on the Farm (1935). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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