Starlight Hotel (1987)
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.
Rated
PG
Year
1987
Country
NZ
Language
English
Release date
27 November 1987
TMDB
6.4 (8)
CineVerse
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Ratings
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Greer Robson
Kate
Peter Phelps
Patrick
A
Alice Fraser
Aunt
Patrick Smyth
Uncle
Bruce Phillips
Kate's Father
V
Vanessa Young
Schoolgirl #1
T
Teresa Bonney
Schoolgirl #2
D
Duncan Anderson
Railway Foreman
R
Russell Gibson
Railway Worker
Marshall Napier
Det. Wallace
Norman Forsey
Farmer
C
Craig Halkett
Farmer's Son
L
Louise Petherbridge
Chairwoman
L
Laura Robertson
Panel Member
J
John Watson
School Teacher
Lee Matheson
Constable #2
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