Starlight Hotel
Starlight Hotel

Starlight Hotel

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1987
1h 33m
5.9(7 votes)
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 Companies

New Zealand Film Commission

Videos & Trailers

1 video

Cast & Crew

16 members
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Greer Robson

Kate

Greer Robson
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Peter Phelps

Patrick

Peter Phelps
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Alice Fraser

Aunt

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Patrick Smyth

Uncle

Patrick Smyth
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Bruce Phillips

Kate's Father

Bruce Phillips
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Vanessa Young

Schoolgirl #1

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Teresa Bonney

Schoolgirl #2

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Duncan Anderson

Railway Foreman

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Russell Gibson

Railway Worker

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Marshall Napier

Det. Wallace

Marshall Napier
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Norman Forsey

Farmer

Norman Forsey
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Craig Halkett

Farmer's Son

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Louise Petherbridge

Chairwoman

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Laura Robertson

Panel Member

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John Watson

School Teacher

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Lee Matheson

Constable #2

Lee Matheson

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