Lie of the Land is a 1985 New Zealand film created by Grahame McLean. It was filmed in 1984 back to back with Should I Be Good?, rushed into production before changes to government funding policies.
In the 1920s a former soldier helps a widow keep her land from a land baron. The property also has a makutu (Maori curse) on it.
Cast Roberta Wallach as Alwyn Lewis Marshall Napier as Major Martin Hudson Terence Cooper as Clifford Jonathan Hardy as Doctor Max Steiner Dean Moriarty as Henry Jim Moriarty as George Thompson / George's brother Ann Pacey as Jenna
Reception Helen Martin in New Zealand film, 1912-1996 says "Big problems with the script are that much of the 'mystery' is explained in dialogue or flashback and plot holes and non sequiturs make for confusion and bathos." Variety wrote "For much of the time , it seems not sure whether to take its subject seriously (albeit with humor) or send it up totally."
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