The Riddle of the Stinson

Jul 25, 1988

1h 40m

★ 6.8

Overview

A true story. In 1937, a routine passenger and mail flight crashes during bad weather on a flight between Brisbane and Sydney. A local bushman begins his own search, and finds the wreckage and two survivors ten days after the crash.

Genres

Drama

TV Movie

Production Companies

Kennedy Miller Productions

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Cast

Bernard O'Reilly

Jack Thompson

Joseph Binstead

Norman Kaye

John Proud

Richard Roxburgh

James Westray

Huw Williams

Jean Batten

Susan Lyons

Bert Shepherd

Mark Lee

G. A. Robinson

Frank Wilson

Claude Smyth

John Allen

Edgar Johnson

Barry Hill

Rolly Graham

Russell Newman

Bill Fountain

Len Kaserman

Rex Boyden

Dennis Miller

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