Race for the Yankee Zephyr (1981)
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Directors
David Hemmings
Cast
Ken Wahl, Lesley Ann Warren, George Peppard, Donald Pleasence
The story
Gibbie Gibson has discovered a World War II-era plane wreck in the Southern Alps of New Zealand. When his discovery becomes known Gibson, his daughter Sally and his lodger Barney Whitaker find trouble from a group of treasure hunters led by a Mister Theo Brown, who are intent on finding the cache of money they believe is on the wreck.
Genres
Action, Adventure, action film, treasure hunt film
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