Blue Fin (1978)

  • PG
  • 12/01/1978 (US)
  • Drama, Family, Adventure
  • 1h 28m

High seas adventure from the makers of "Storm Boy".

Overview

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.

Colin Thiele

Novel

Sonia Borg

Writer

Carl Schultz

Director

Cast

Hardy Krüger's headshot

Hardy Krüger

Bill Pascoe
Greg Rowe's headshot

Greg Rowe

Steve 'Snook' Pascoe
Liddy Clark's headshot

Liddy Clark

Ruth Pascoe
John Jarratt's headshot

John Jarratt

Sam Snell
Hugh Keays-Byrne's headshot

Hugh Keays-Byrne

Stan
Alfred Bell's headshot

Alfred Bell

Geordie
Ralph Cotterill's headshot

Ralph Cotterill

Herbie
George Spartels's headshot

George Spartels

Con

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