''On the Friendly Road'' is a 1936 film from New Zealand which told a story of New Zealand in the depression.L. R. Shelton. 'Hayward, Rudall Charles Victor - Biography', from the ''Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand'', updated 1-Sep-10
accessed 22 November 2012''On the Friendly Road'' at the New Zealand Film Project
accessed 22 November 2012 It is one of four films made in 1935 (with '' The Devil's Pit'', '' Down on the Farm'', and ''

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'') which lay claim to be the first "New Zealand talkie", although dubiously, as the film was not released until 1936.

Plot

The plot involves Mac McDermitt who is wrongly accused of theft and imprisoned, but is finally vindicated and cleared. The crusading Rev

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also starred. Sam Edwards said it has one-dimensional characters so is melodramatic, and "has not improved with age".

Cast

John Emmett Michael Mackle as Mac McDermitt

References

*''New Zealand Film 1912-1996'' by Helen Martin & Sam Edwards p49 (1997, Oxford University Press, Auckland) 1936 films 1930s New Zealand films New Zealand drama films 1936 drama films Films set in New Zealand Films shot in New Zealand 1930s English-language films {{NewZealand-film-stub