Treasure of the Yankee Zephyr
Born Today
Home / Treasure of the Yankee Zephyr

Treasure of the Yankee Zephyr

Duration:
Australia:108 min | USA:91 min | West Germany:82 min
Genres:
Action | Drama | Adventure
IMDB rate:
5.7
Director:
David Hemmings
Details
Country: Australia
Filming Locations: New Zealand
Earnings
Budget: $6,000,000
Gross: HKD 276,971 (Hong Kong) ( 1982)
Cast
Actor
Character
Lesley Ann Warren
Sally
George Peppard
Theo Brown
Bruno Lawrence
Baker
Grant Tilly
Collector
Robert Bruce
The Bartender
Harry Rutherford-Jones
Harry
Tony Sparks
Brown's Henchman
Clark Walkington
Brown's Henchman
Frank Taurua
Brown's Henchman
Steve Nicolle
Brown's Henchman
Dick Jones
Brown's Henchman
Dennis Hunt
Brown's Henchman
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Did you know?
Trivia
The makes and models of the helicopters seen in the movie included an old Hughes 300 (269c) [the main chopper in the film] as well as a Hughes 500C, a Hughes 500D and a Bell 206 JetRanger III.
Share this
Second of two pictures first released in consecutive years starring actor Ken Wahl which featured a World War II era cargo plane. In this 1981 film the aircraft was a US Navy DC-3 (Dakota NZ3518) cargo plane whereas in the previous year's Running Scared (1980) it was a C-47 (or Douglas C-47 Skytrain) cargo plane.
Share this
The American DC-3 military cargo plane seen in the movie was discovered by production designer Bernard Hides. The aircraft was originally manufactured in Oklahoma City in Oklahoma, USA during the 1940s. She first served with the Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) after which she was used as a training plane, a commercial carrier and finally as a 'stagliner' transporter carrying live deer across New Zealand.
Share this
Goofs
During the jet boat sequence, Barney (Ken Wahl) is shown in close-up sitting upright in the back of the boat leaning back with arms up on the seat backs beside him, but in the distance shots showing the boat racing around, everyone is hunched over supposedly ducking the shots being fired at them, but also conveniently hiding their faces and disguising the fact that they are all stunt doubles.
Share this
During the jet boat chase, after one shooter falls out of the pursuing jet boat and it circles back to pick him up, immediately afterward they are suddenly right back behind the other jet boat with both running at full speed.
Share this
When Gilbert Carson first finds the whiskey in the Yankee Zephyr, he laughs and wheezes constantly for a while without stopping, but a couple shots of his face while he's laughing only show him smiling, and once he even appears to be saying something, but you can only hear him laughing and wheezing.
Share this
Photos from cast
Donald Pleasence Ken Wahl
halloween word scramble Broom vent. Witch Drawing PNG free clip art witch