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Blue Fin
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DirectorCarl Schultz
Runtime1h 28m · PG
GenresAdventure · Drama · Family
Release1978-12-01
Film

Blue Fin

1978· PG· 1h 28m· Adventure· Drama· Family

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

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.

1978-12-01
Blue Fin

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DirectorCarl Schultz
Full cast & crew (11 cast · 3 crew)

Details

Released1978-12-01
Runtime1h 28m · PG
StatusReleased
StudiosSouth Australian Film Corporation
Budget$750
Box office$703
LanguagesEnglish
CountriesAustralia
Rating6.4/10 · 7 votes
Original languageen

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