You have to see the movie for yourself. This underrated and under seen movie needs a blu-ray release. Halfway through an incredibly brazen rip of the Great Escape theme appears and plays for ten minutes straight before disappearing again. Gilbert Carson/Gibbie Gibson (Donald Pleasence) — A hunter and the lodge host of Barney Whitaker, he finds the plane wreck in the mountains and is the father of Sally Carson and Gibbie is eventually taken prisoner by Theo and his henchmen. The cast is good, the script is based on a true story. Harry (Harry Rutherford-Jones) — A New Zealand civilian and Sally's fiance. This place, the official most northern locale in Australia, was originally considered as the main location, but had the film shot in Queensland, it wouldn't have necessary lensed there, due to its remote location, as there were more suitable Queensland locations with the same appropiate vegetation better suited for movie production. Back At Wreck 16. Gibbie Gibson (Donald Pleasence) has discovered a World War II-era plane wreck in the mountains of New Zealand. Tank Chase 6. Peppard als Bösewicht glänzt wiederum. [1], 1981 New Zealand suspense-action-thriller film by David Hemmings, "Adventure and intrigue by a lonely mountain lake", Race For The Yankee Zephyr on RotaryAction.com, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Race_for_the_Yankee_Zephyr&oldid=982656012, Short description is different from Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 9 October 2020, at 14:25. | Race for the Yankee Zephyr - Australian producer Antony Ginnane brought this $6 million romp to New Zealand, after Aussie union Actors Equity objected to the four lead roles going to foreigners. Just below that it reads "Ticket Confirmation#:" followed by a 10-digit number. This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google privacy policy and terms of service apply. Low-Budget & Lurid: A List of Exploitation/Grindhouse Fare (Every Movie on the Grindhouse Cinema Database, Almost), Genre: Exploitation (100 Years: 1896-1995), It Came from the Video Store: Retro Goodness, Psychotronic Ultimate Guide (as complete as possible), Kicked In The Balls: A Cinematic History of Testicular Trauma. Leslie Anne Warren was set up to be the damsel distressed shrill a la Kate Capshaw in Temple of Doom, but…. The film's closing epilogue states: "Barney and Sally Whittaker currently operate HELIJET TOURS in Queenstown, New Zealand. Barney Whitaker (Ken Wahl) — A hunter who owns a helicopter and lives in New Zealand with Gibbie Gibson, he is the nemesis of Theo Brown who kidnaps Gibbie and Barney eventually falls in love with Gibbie's daughter Sally Carson. So richtig unspannend wird es auch nicht. By creating an account, you agree to the Privacy Policy Coming Soon, Regal In Australia, the film was promoted under "Race To..." just months before its theatrical release with a title-change to "Race For...". All rights reserved. It is not known what becomes of Harry when Sally falls in love with Barney Whitaker. But it is individual enough to warrant some attention. Verified reviews are considered more trustworthy by fellow moviegoers. This review may contain spoilers. It was based on a true incident about the war-time disappearance of an American DC3 military aircraft carrying the payroll for the Pacific fleet which was later discovered off Cape York. Donald Pleasence seems to be channeling his WAKE IN FRIGHT character. . It was floating for a time about 100 meters off the shore under rafts of 44-gallon drums under its wings and fuselage. Gilbert Carson/Gibbie Gibson (Donald Pleasence) — A hunter and the lodge host of Barney Whitaker, he finds the plane wreck in the mountains and is the father of Sally Carson and Gibbie is eventually taken prisoner by Theo and his henchmen. Race for the Yankee Zephyr is one of those hidden gems. Good guys (Ken Wahl, Donald Pleasence) race a bad guy to salvage gold from a Navy DC-3 lost in World War II New Zealand. Richard Franklin dropped out of the film because he was unhappy with the change in location, and David Hemmings, who was attached to the film as a producer, was appointed director. Richard Franklin dropped out of the film because he was unhappy with the change in location, and David Hemmings, who was attached to the film as a producer, was appointed director. "The Yankee Zephyr" was played by an actual real-life DC-3 plane. Gibbie's Hearts And Flowers/Helicopter Chase 5. I really wanted to like this...I love DP and I usually love this kind of shit..very disappointing. All scored to Brian May's bombastic orchestra, pre-Road Warrior. On the one hand, it is possible to view this film only as an attempt to make a star out of Ken Wahl, whose "The Soldier" had some box-office success. Harry (Harry Rutherford-Jones) — A New Zealand civilian and Sally's fiance. The make and model of the "The Yankee Zephyr" airplane was a US Navy DC-3 cargo plane - Dakota NZ3518. The picture became a co-production between the countries of New Zealand and Australia after having originally been just a production of the country of the latter.

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