Mad Dog Morgan is a 1976 English-language Action Crime movie directed by Philippe Mora and produced by Jeremy Thomas under the banner of Motion Picture Productions. Australia in the 1850s. Daniel Morgan, like hundreds of other ex-patriots from the British Isles (he is from Ireland), has come Downunder to k his fortune. There is a gold rush going on, and Morgan wants to strike it rich. As fate would have it, Morgan soon finds himself on the other side of the law, broke and desperate. A single act of highway robbery gets him 12 years of hard labor. While in prison, he is systematically abused. Upon release, Morgan vows revenge on those who wronged him. With the help of an aborigine named Billy, and a growing legend of audacity, Morgan soon becomes a hero. The locals love him, while the wealthy and powerful fear his influence. They want this outlaw dead or alive, and will stop at nothing to that their sense of justice is done. But Morgan only wants those to pay for the crimes they have committed, to recognize that he wasn't always a bushranger - he was made into one. It wasn't only his mind that made him bad. It was society that turned him into Mad Dog Morgan. Written by Anonymous. Mad dog morgan stars Dennis Hopper, Jack Thompson, David Gulpilil, Frank Thring, Michael Pate, Wallas Eaton and Steve Rackman. The screenplay is written by Philippe Mora which is inspired from Morgan: The Bold Bushranger by Margaret Carnegie. The music was composed by Patrick Flynn. Cinematography was done by Mike Molloy and editing by John Scott. The movie has a running time of 99 minutes. It was released on 9th July 1976. Mad Dog Morgan was made on a budget of $0 million. Distribution rights for the film were acquired by British Empire Films.