邓迪（保罗·霍根 Paul Hogan 饰）自小被非洲土著抚养长大，故对于传统的狩猎技能颇为精通。一次意外中，一条凶猛的鳄鱼攻击了邓迪，在腿部受伤的情况下，邓迪制服了鳄鱼，并靠其异常坚韧的意志力最终获救。对于邓迪的英雄事迹，记者苏（琳达·科斯罗斯基 Linda Kozlowski 饰）十分感兴趣，为了写一篇关于邓迪的新闻报告，苏千里迢迢来到了澳大利亚。
在经历了充满惊险与刺激的野外生存之后，苏热情的将邓迪邀请到了她的“地盘”——大都市纽约。可是，从未见识过如此排场的邓迪在新生事物面前不仅显得十分胆怯，还闹出了不少的笑话。在潜移默化之间，邓迪和苏已然相互产生了好感，但苏已有男友梅森（马克·布鲁姆 Mark Blum 饰），两人婚期在即。分别的日子即将到来，苏和邓迪都无法掩饰失望之情。
Sixty Glorious Years is an exercise in the creation of iconography, both for Victoria and its star, Anna Neagle (who subsequently became known as 'Regal Neagle'). Just as Elizabeth I commissioned artists to create flattering iconic images for public consumption, so this film performs a similar function, for Neagle is more beautiful than the real life Victoria. Controversial events (such as the 'Irish problem') are omitted and unpleasant aspects of Victoria's character (her petulance, arrogance, favouritism and 'right to privilege') are glossed over as endearing little 'whims'. Albert acts as a moderating influence when she goes too far. The film followed a year after the highly successful Victoria the Great (d. Herbert Wilcox, 1937). Again the screenplay is by Miles Malleson and Robert Vansittart, and many of the supporting cast (the cream of acting talent of period) repeat their roles, this time for the colour cameras. This was the first full length Technicolor film of cinematographer Freddie Young, who captures the spectacle of royal weddings, grand balls and opulent interiors, with scenes actually filmed at royal palaces. Vivid battle scenes, set in Alexander Korda's empire territory (Sevastopol and the Sudan), rival those in The Four Feathers (d. Zoltan Korda 1939). The title music sets the tone a regal choir sings over a shot of the crown. Elgar's 1901 'Pomp and Circumstance' march is heard during the diamond jubilee celebrations and, as Victoria's coffin lies in state, the film concludes with Anthony Collins' stately music accompanied by the text of Rudyard Kipling's 'Lest we forget'. Combined with the emotional appeal of scenes of Victoria connecting with her 'ordinary folk', this is stirring stuff. The film connects with contemporary events of 1938. The release of two celebratory royal films was intended to boost public affection for the monarchy in the wake of Edward VIII's abdication. Anglo-German relations were another touchy subject. With another war on the horizon, influential voices wanted appeasement, and the film could be seen to fit that agenda. Victoria herself was of mainly German descent, nicknamed 'the grandmother of Europe', while Albert is a 'good German', charmingly played by Anton Walbrook as a cultured, decent man. Sixty Glorious Years now seems unduly formal and reverential. Had movies existed during Victoria's reign (they only emerged at the end) this might have been the kind of film produced. Unlike Mrs Brown (d. John Madden, 1997), it is all so very 'Victorian'. Roger Philip Mellor
