Race for the Yankee Zephyr

Australia, 1981

Film
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Set in New Zealand’s South Island, this film is about several men who learn of a wrecked DC-3 plane, that crashed in 1944 carrying $50,000,000 in gold. As they make plans to retrieve the loot, one man prepares to get it all for himself. Stars Ken Wahl, Lesley Ann Warren and Donald Pleasence.

Credits

production company

Endeavour Productions

FGH Film Consortium

director

David Hemmings

Duration

01:50:00:00

Production places
Australia
Production dates
1981

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

325003

Language

English

Audience classification

PG

Subject categories

Feature films

Feature films → Feature films - Australia

Feature films → Feature films - New Zealand

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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