Blue Fin (1978)

6.4/10 88 min Drama Family Adventure

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.

Cast

Hardy Krüger

Bill Pascoe

Greg Rowe

Steve 'Snook' Pascoe

John Jarratt

Sam Snell

Hugh Keays-Byrne

Stan

Ralph Cotterill

Herbie

George Spartels

Con

Elspeth Ballantyne

Mrs. Pascoe

Terry Camilleri

Truckie

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