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Blue Fin

High seas adventure from the makers of "Storm Boy".
Dec 1, 1978 · 1h 28m
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Drama
Family
Adventure

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Based on the children's novel by celebrated South Australian author 'Colin Thiele' , this is an emotional father and son story about tuna fishing of Southern Blue Fin tuna in South Australia's Port Lincoln fishing district. Accident prone son Snook is forever making mistakes much to the chagrin of his father Pascoe. But when tragedy strikes the fishing boat during a deep sea fishing trek in the Southern Ocean, the boy is called on to become a man in a rites of sea passage to reconcile is past mishaps and save both his father and the ship from certain disaster.

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CAST

Hardy Krüger
Bill Pascoe
Greg Rowe
Steve 'Snook' Pascoe
Liddy Clark
Ruth Pascoe
John Jarratt
Sam Snell
Hugh Keays-Byrne
Stan
Alfred Bell
Geordie
Ralph Cotterill
Herbie
George Spartels
Con
Directed by Carl Schultz

DETAILS

Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
$750
Revenue
$703
Production
South Australian Film Corporation
Country
AU
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