Starlight Hotel (1987)
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This imported period drama from New Zealand plays like a Down Under version of Paper Moon (1973). 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… More This imported period drama from New Zealand plays like a Down Under version of Paper Moon (1973). 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 (hence the film's title) and championing the rights of destitute farmers and homeless squatters whose fortunes have been wiped out by economic hardship. Starlight Hotel (1987) was the second directorial effort of New Zealand native Sam Pillsbury and his follow-up to the offbeat horror film The Scarecrow (1982). ~ Karl Williams, Rovi
- Directed By
- Sam Pillsbury
- Genres
- Drama, Action & Adventure
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Cast
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Peter Phelps
as Patrick Dawson
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Greer Robson
as Kate Marshall
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Marshall Napier
as Detective Wallace
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Mr. Wizard
as Spooner
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Alice Fraser
as Aunt
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Patrick Smyth
as Uncle
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Donough Rees
as Helen
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Peter Dennett
as Des
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John Watson
as Mr. Curtis
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Peter Brunt
as Constable #1
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Ian Elliot
as Man in Village Hall
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Desmond Kelly (II)
as Train Gateman
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Timothy Lee
as Bailiff
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Yvonne Martin
as Desk Nurse
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Norman Forsey
as Farmer
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Peter McCauley
as Repo Man
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Shirley Kelly
as Mrs. Skip
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Michael Brown
as Street Speaker
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John Mellor
as Sailor
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Bill Walker
as John Repo-man
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Craig Stewart
as Farmhand
