Pacific Adventure

An Australian biopic about the life of pioneering aviator Charles "Smithy" Kingsford-Smith. The film is unusually frank about the controversies that occasionally dogged him. PG Taylor and Billy Hughes both make appearances playing themselves.

Genre : History

Runtime : 119 mins

Release Date : 1946-06-26

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He's had his portrait on a dollar coin and an airport named after him, but who exactly was Charles Kingsford-Smith? Well this lengthy but quite engaging biopic casts Ron Randell in that role and we follow his quite remarkable story. He's a budding aviator, injured and decorated by the King during t...

Cast

Ron Randell

(Charles Kingsford-Smith)

Muriel Steinbeck

(Lady M. Kingsford Smith)

Joy Nichols

(Kay Sutton)

Nan Taylor

(Nan Kingsford Smith)

John Dunne

(Harold Kingsford Smith)

Alec Kellaway

(Captain G. Allan Hancock)

John Dease

(Sir Hubert Wilkins)

John Tate

(Charles Ulm)