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Starlight Hotel
Starlight Hotel
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Starlight Hotel

1987
1h 33m
Drama

Status

Released

Release

1987

Runtime

1h 33m

Storyline

During the Great Depression, Kate (Greer Robson) is a 13-year-old girl living on New Zealand's South Island. When her mother dies and her father is offered a job in Wellington on North Island, Kate is sent to live with an aunt. The girl runs away to find her father, hopping onto a boxcar and befriending a fellow fugitive, Patrick (Peter Phelps), an emotionally battle-scarred WWI veteran fleeing the authorities after injuring a repo man. Pretending to be father and daughter, Patrick and Kate use each other for cover as they make their way across New Zealand, sleeping under the stars and championing the rights of destitute farmers and homeless squatters whose fortunes have been wiped out by economic hardship.

Score Distribution

Details

Status
Released
Runtime
1h 33m
Nov 27, 1987
Languages
English
Director
Sam Pillsbury
Sam Pillsbury
Production
New Zealand Film Commission
New Zealand Film Commission
Challenge Film Corporation
Challenge Film Corporation
Production Countries
New Zealand

Top Cast

16 Cast Members

Greer Robson

Greer Robson

Kate

Peter Phelps

Peter Phelps

Patrick

Alice Fraser

Aunt

Patrick Smyth

Patrick Smyth

Uncle

Bruce Phillips

Bruce Phillips

Kate's Father

Vanessa Young

Schoolgirl #1

Teresa Bonney

Schoolgirl #2

Duncan Anderson

Railway Foreman

Russell Gibson

Railway Worker

Marshall Napier

Marshall Napier

Det. Wallace

Norman Forsey

Norman Forsey

Farmer

Craig Halkett

Farmer's Son

Louise Petherbridge

Chairwoman

Laura Robertson

Panel Member

John Watson

School Teacher

Lee Matheson

Lee Matheson

Constable #2

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