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Pacific Adventure

Pacific Adventure

7,0 /10 (5 Votes)
1946 EN 119 min

Overview

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.

Release date

26/06/1946

Votes

5

Popularity

0.1

Genres

Status

Released

Original title

Smithy

Language

EN

Runtime

119 min

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CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

2025-01-14

⭐ 7

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 the war, who is determined to make long-haul flights connecting his home of Australia to the rest of the world a reality. Initially it's London to Sydney he wants to attempt, but money is tight and nobody in political office believes he can make the 12,000 mille trip. Maybe there's more success to be …

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