Family friend May Swaisey (Sheila Florance) helps Max’s wife Jessie (Joanne Samuel) and child (Brendan Heath) to escape the Toecutter (Hugh Keays-Byrne) and his gang, but they soon catch up.

Max’s friend and fellow patrol officer Jim Goose (Steve Bisley) opens the throttle on a morning ride – unaware that his bike has been tampered with by one of the Toecutter’s gang. Summ

Director George Miller talks about making the first Mad Max film (1979).

It's hard to overstate the influence of Mad Max – on filmmakers, action cinema and the course of Australian movies.

Lobby card for Mad Max shows Goose (Steve Bisley) astride his motorbike.

Lobby card for Mad Max shows Jess (Joanne Samuel) and Max (Mel Gibson).

Lobby card for Max Max shows a gang attacking a car.

Max Max 1 lobby card shows a car flying through the air and smashing though a caravan. 

Lobby card for Max Max shows Max (Mel Gibson) standing on a highway with a police car behind him.

Lobby card for Max Max shows Fifi MacAffee (Roger Ward) and two others in leathers with bike helmets.