Runtime: 63 min
Average vote: 4
Release date: 1940-03-31
Director: Rudall Hayward
Music: Alfred Hill
Star-crossed lovers, Robert and Ariana, are caught up in the New Zealand wars of the 1860s. Ariana is claimed by the Maniapoto people as one of their own and, despite Robert's chivalrous defence, is taken by them and must help them prepare for war. Robert likewise must do his patriotic duty and enlists to fight on the other side. He volunteers to ride despatch, thinking it may give him an opportunity to see Ariana again, which it does, but their joy is short-lived; Maniapoto women fight beside their men, and furthermore she is a Rangitira (noble) and will not let her people down. The climax is the siege of Oraku Pa where 300 Maori hold off 2000 troops for three days. The Maniapoto are defeated, but Ariana, although wounded, survives to be reunited with Robert.
Leo Pilcher
as
Robert Beaumont
Ramai Te Miha
as
Ariana
Henare Toka
as
Tama Te Heu Heu
Stanley Knight
as
Corporal Ben H...
John Gordon
as
Brigadier Gene...
A.J.C. Fisher
as
Sir George Grey
Peter Hutt
as
A.D.C. to Grey
Colonel J.D. S...
as
General Cameron
Bernard Britain
as
Captain Jackson
Raureti Te Huia
as
Rewi Maniapoto
Mr. C.S. Wood
as
Rev. John Morg...
Phoebe Clarke
as
Mrs. Morgan