Starlight Hotel

Starlight Hotel

1987
1h 33m
5.9

5.9/10

7 votes • View on IMDb
Drama
Overview

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.

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Production Information

Production Companies
New Zealand Film Commission Challenge Film Corporation
Production Countries
New Zealand
Spoken Languages
English

Keywords

runaway new zealand depression era

Quick Facts

Release Date November 27, 1987
Status Released
Language EN
IMDb ID tt0094031

Cast

Greer Robson
Greer Robson

Kate

Peter Phelps
Peter Phelps

Patrick

Alice Fraser
Alice Fraser

Aunt

Patrick Smyth
Patrick Smyth

Uncle

Bruce Phillips
Bruce Phillips

Kate's Father

Vanessa Young
Vanessa Young

Schoolgirl #1

Teresa Bonney
Teresa Bonney

Schoolgirl #2

Duncan Anderson
Duncan Anderson

Railway Foreman

Russell Gibson
Russell Gibson

Railway Worker

Marshall Napier
Marshall Napier

Det. Wallace

Norman Forsey
Norman Forsey

Farmer

Craig Halkett
Craig Halkett

Farmer's Son

Key Crew

Sam Pillsbury
Director