100 minutes
7/25/1988
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.
Jack Thompson
as Bernard O'Reilly
Norman Kaye
as Joseph Binstead
Richard Roxburgh
as John Proud
Huw Williams
as James Westray
Susan Lyons
as Jean Batten
Mark Lee
as Bert Shepherd
Frank Wilson
as G. A. Robinson
John Allen
as Claude Smyth
Barry Hill
as Edgar Johnson
Russell Newman
as Rolly Graham
Len Kaserman
as Bill Fountain
Dennis Miller
as Rex Boyden
Helen O'Connor
as Viona O'Reilly
Esben Storm
as Harry Meissner
Helen Mutkins
as Hazel
Louise Pajo
as Smyth's Secretary
Mary Haire
as Rose O'Reilly
Rob Steele
as Keefe
Don Reid
as Dr. Lawlor
Kendall Monaghan
as Rhelma O'Reilly
Susan Gorence
as Mrs Fountain
Mic Conway
as Binstead's Assoc.
Igor Sas
as Batten's Co-Pilot
Lynette Haddrick
as Grace (Telephonist)
Peter Browne
as Herb
Alfred Bell
as Rob Stephens
Laurie Neilson
as Mrs Stephens
Jacqueline McKenzie
as Usherette