Race for the Yankee Zephyr
Finding it after four decades is quite a challenge…. but holding onto it is really an adventure!
1981 · 1h 50m · PG
Action, Adventure
Directed by
David Hemmings
Overview
In a lake high in the mountains of New Zealand, hunter Gibbie Gibson discovers a plane wreck from WW2. When word gets around, a gang of crooks turns up and threatens him and his daughter, because they know there is 50 million dollars of gold in the wreck. Gibbie, his partner and helicopter pilot Barney, and his daughter Sally, are caught up in a race for the Yankee Zephyr.
Director and cast
- David Hemmings Director
- Ken Wahl as Barney
- Lesley Ann Warren as Sally
- Donald Pleasence as Gilbert Carson
- George Peppard as Theo Brown
- Bruno Lawrence as Barker
- Grant Tilly as Collector
- Tony Sparks as Brown's Henchman
- Clark Walkington as Brown's Henchman
- Frank Taurua as Brown's Henchman
- Steve Nicolle as Brown's Henchman
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