Fans of 1986 comedy classic Crocodile Dundee expected a festive treat when the cult favourite aired on Boxing Day on Channel 5 - but found the film had been shredded for a 2024, pre-watershed audience. Viewers claimed that nearly ten per cent of the original film felt like it had gone AWOL, with many of the most popular scenes removed prior to broadcast - because they'd aged badly in the ensuing decades since its 80s release.
![[One of the scenes that didn't make the 2024 cut from the original is the moment Mick Dundee counters a flick knife threat with his own hunting knife outside a posh New York hotel]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/27/10/93513925-14229457-image-a-1_1735294974980.jpg)
The 80s film starred Paul Hogan as croc poacher Mick Dundee and Linda Kozlowski as New York reporter Sue Charlton, who persuades Dundee to head back to New York with her. The movie's tagline at the time was 'From the Outback of Australia to urban jungle of New York, there's no wilderness he can't tame!'.
It was a blockbuster hit and has remained a popular choice for broadcasters at Christmas - but some who saw it this week say the heavy editing for more sensitive viewers left the film 'not making sense'. One person wrote: 'Well just watched the iconic #crocodiledundee - absolute belter of a film, but channel 5 decided to hack the film to bits.'.
Another added: 'How to ruin a film… Crocodile Dundee on @channel5_tv is unwatchable due to editing. Half the scenes make no sense. Bloody awful woke crap'. One fan of the original wrote: 'Someone tell me why Channel 5 bothers to show classic films. The 1986 cult comedy classic saw Paul Hogan, right, star as Mick 'Crocodile' Dundee, with Linda Kozlowski playing Sue Charlton, the reporter who fell for the Aussie crocodile poacher.
