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The Riddle of the Stinson is a film of genre Drama directed by Chris Noonan with Jack Thompson
The Riddle of the Stinson (1988)
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Add to a movie listThe Riddle of the Stinson is a 1987 Australian TV movie about the crash of the Stinson plane in Lamington, Queensland, Australia and the rescue of its survivors by local Queenslander Bernard O'Reilly (Jack Thompson).
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Queensland, 1937. A Stinson Airliner takes off from Brisbane in stormy weather with two crew and five passengers on board, bound for Sydney via Lismore. The plane vanishes en route. Officials assume that the pilot had flown east towards the coast to avoid the bad weather, most likely crashing into the ocean and the search efforts focus there. But Bernard O'Reilly, who lives in the McPherson Range, has another theory.Actors
Jack Thompson
(Bernard O'Reilly)
Norman Kaye
(Joseph Binstead)
Richard Roxburgh
(John Proud)
Mark Lee
(Bert Shepherd)
Frank Wilson
(G. A. Robinson)
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