On the Friendly Road

On the Friendly Road
Directed by	Rudall Hayward
Based on	radio show by Colin Scrimgeour
Release date	1936
Running time	7592 ft 84 min
Country	New Zealand
Language	English
Budget	£800 (initial)

On the Friendly Road is a 1936 film from New Zealand which told a story of New Zealand in the depression.

It is one of four films made in 1935 (with The Devil's Pit, Down on the Farm, and Hei Tiki) which lay claim to be the first "New Zealand talkie", although dubiously, as the film was not released until 1936.

The plot involves Mac McDermitt who is wrongly accused of theft and imprisoned, but is finally vindicated and cleared. The crusading Rev Colin Scrimgeour also starred. Sam Edwards said it has one-dimensional characters so is melodramatic, and "has not improved with age".

John Mackie as Mac McDermitt

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