
Starlight Hotel
Drama
Overview
During the Great Depression, Kate (Greer Robson) is a 13-year-old girl living on New Zealand's South Island. When her mother dies and her father is offered a job in Wellington on North Island, Kate is sent to live with an aunt. The girl runs away to find her father, hopping onto a boxcar and befriending a fellow fugitive, Patrick (Peter Phelps), an emotionally battle-scarred WWI veteran fleeing the authorities after injuring a repo man. Pretending to be father and daughter, Patrick and Kate use each other for cover as they make their way across New Zealand, sleeping under the stars and championing the rights of destitute farmers and homeless squatters whose fortunes have been wiped out by economic hardship.
Top Cast


Greer Robson
Greer Robson
Kate
Greer Robson
Kate


Peter Phelps
Peter Phelps
Patrick
Peter Phelps
Patrick
Alice Fraser
Alice Fraser
Aunt
Alice Fraser
Aunt


Patrick Smyth
Patrick Smyth
Uncle
Patrick Smyth
Uncle


Bruce Phillips
Bruce Phillips
Kate's Father
Bruce Phillips
Kate's Father
Vanessa Young
Vanessa Young
Schoolgirl #1
Vanessa Young
Schoolgirl #1
Teresa Bonney
Teresa Bonney
Schoolgirl #2
Teresa Bonney
Schoolgirl #2
Duncan Anderson
Duncan Anderson
Railway Foreman
Duncan Anderson
Railway Foreman
Russell Gibson
Russell Gibson
Railway Worker
Russell Gibson
Railway Worker


Marshall Napier
Marshall Napier
Det. Wallace
Marshall Napier
Det. Wallace
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