Race For The Yankee Zephyr
1980, 108 minutes, Rated PG
The Yankee Zephyr, a US Navy DC-3 Cargo plane, has been missing since Christmas 1944 when it dropped off the radar during a flight between New Guinea and New Zealand. On board was a consignment of war medals, Christmas mail for the troops and the entire payroll for the American South Pacific fleet - an estimated fifty million dollars.
Forty years later Barney Whittiker (Ken Wahl) and Gibbie Gibson (Donald Pleasence) earn their living the hard way hunting deer by helicopters on the upper slopes of New Zealand's Southern Apls. When they stumble upon an old aircraft wreck - the remains of the Yankee Zephyr - the two men and Gibbie's daughter Sally (Lesley Ann Warren) set out to salvage the cargo. But they are not along in their quset. A shadowy group of 'businessmen' led by Theo Brown (George Peppard) is following their every move.
The stakes are high as the rival groups race to find the Yankee Zephyr's remote mountain grave. And nature may prove to be the most dangerous opponent of all.
Filmed on location in the spectacular landscape of Queenstown (New Zealand) and the majestic Southern Alps. RAce For The Yankee Zephyr is adrenalin-fuelled entertainment at its best.
- Director:
- David Hemmings [3],
- Screen Formats:
- Full Frame 1.33:1
- Language and Sound:
- English Dolby Digital Stereo
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