Race for the Yankee Zephyr (1981)
In a lake high in the mountains of New Zealand, hunter Gibbie Gibson discovers a plane wreck from WW2. When word gets around, a gang of crooks turns up and threatens him and his daughter, because they know there is 50 million dollars of gold in the wreck. Gibbie, his partner and helicopter pilot Barney, and his daughter Sally, are caught up in a race for the Yankee Zephyr.
Director:
David Hemmings
Writer:
Everett De Roche
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Ken Wahl as Barney |
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Lesley Ann Warren as Sally |
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Donald Pleasence as Gilbert Carson |
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George Peppard as Theo Brown |
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Bruno Lawrence as Barker |
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Grant Tilly as Collector |
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Tony Sparks as Brown's Henchman |
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Clark Walkington as Brown's Henchman |
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Frank Taurua as Brown's Henchman |
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Steve Nicolle as Brown's Henchman |
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Dick Jones as Brown's Henchman |
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Dennis Hunt as Brown's Henchman |
| Directing | David Hemmings | Director |
| Production | John Barnett | Producer |
| Art | Bernard Hides | Production Design |
| Writing | Everett De Roche | Screenplay |
| Sound | Brian May | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Antony I. Ginnane | Producer |
| Production | Michael Fay | Executive Producer |
| Production | David Hemmings | Producer |
| Sound | Brian May | Conductor |
| Production | John Daly | Executive Producer |
| Production | William Fayman | Executive Producer |
| Camera | Vincent Monton | Director of Photography |
| Production | Brian W. Cook | Associate Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Aphrodite Kondos | Costume Designer |
| Art | Graham Sang | Construction Foreman |
| Sound | Brian Shennan | Sound Mixer |
| Directing | Murray Newey | First Assistant Director |
| Production | Tim Sanders | Unit Manager |
| Sound | Graham Morris | Sound Recordist |
| Production | Jennifer Barty | Production Secretary |
| Costume & Make-Up | Lesley Vanderwalt | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | John Rillstone | Hairdresser |
| Directing | Chris Kenny | Second Assistant Director |
| Camera | Peter Day | Clapper Loader |
| Editing | Carmen Galán | Assistant Editor |
| Crew | Rex Dovey | Pilot |
| Editing | Margaret Cardin | Negative Cutter |
| Camera | Alister Barry | Grip |
| Camera | Brian Kassler | Grip |
| Camera | Barry Payne | Still Photographer |
| Crew | Fiona McConchie | Stunts |
| Sound | Derek Morton | Dialogue Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Cheryl Williams | Hairdresser |
| Art | Virginia Bieneman | Art Direction |
| Directing | David Hemmings | Second Unit Director |
| Directing | Jackie Sullivan | Continuity |
| Art | Robin Outterside | Construction Manager |
| Costume & Make-Up | Patricia Cohen | Assistant Makeup Artist |
| Camera | Douglas Milsome | Second Unit Director of Photography |
| Costume & Make-Up | Elizabeth Jowsey | Wardrobe Assistant |
| Camera | Roy Emerson | Still Photographer |
| Lighting | Pav Govind | Gaffer |
| Crew | Geoff Jamieson | Special Effects Assistant |
| Crew | Dennis Hunt | Stunts |
| Art | Edward Mulholland | Construction Foreman |
| Costume & Make-Up | Julia Mansford | Wardrobe Assistant |
| Editing | Christian Birch | Assistant Editor |
| Camera | Freddie Cooper | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Peter Rogers | Focus Puller |
| Costume & Make-Up | Pat Robins | Wardrobe Master |
| Directing | Chris Short | Third Assistant Director |
| Lighting | Don Jowsey | Gaffer |
| Lighting | Ben Seresin | Best Boy Electric |
| Crew | Kevin Chisnall | Special Effects |
| Sound | Don Reynolds | Sound Editor |
| Crew | Alan Brady | Unit Publicist |
| Crew | Glenn Boswell | Stunts |
| Sound | Lee Tamahori | Boom Operator |
| Editing | John Laing | Editor |