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Mad Dog Morgan (1976)

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clip 'I've missed so much of my life, sir' education content clip 1

Original classification rating: M. This clip chosen to be PG

Clip description

Exhausted and increasingly incoherent, Morgan (Dennis Hopper) bails up a wealthy family, the McPhersons, as the Victorian police close in. He becomes maudlin as he reflects on the life he has missed out on.

Curator’s notes

Dennis Hopper’s performance has some effective moments, as well as some that are incoherent. This is one of the better scenes of his character’s disintegration and unpredictability.