Starlight Hotel

Starlight Hotel (1987)


  • Genre: Drama
  • Release Date: 1987-11-27
  • User Rating: 5.9/10 from 7 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 33min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: New Zealand Film Commission
  • Production Country: New Zealand
  • Director: Sam Pillsbury
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Summary

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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  • Greer Robson

    as Kate
  • Peter Phelps

    as Patrick
  • Alice Fraser

    as Aunt
  • Patrick Smyth

    as Uncle
  • Bruce Phillips

    as Kate's Father
  • Vanessa Young

    as Schoolgirl #1
  • Teresa Bonney

    as Schoolgirl #2
  • Duncan Anderson

    as Railway Foreman
  • Russell Gibson

    as Railway Worker
  • Marshall Napier

    as Det. Wallace
  • Norman Forsey

    as Farmer
  • Craig Halkett

    as Farmer's Son
  • Louise Petherbridge

    as Chairwoman
  • Laura Robertson

    as Panel Member
  • John Watson

    as School Teacher
  • Lee Matheson

    as Constable #2
Directing Sam Pillsbury Director

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