Blue Fin

1978

PG

1h 28m

IMDb RATING
6.0/10
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Drama
Family
Adventure

Based on the children's novel by celebrated South Australian author 'Colin Thiele' , this is an emotional father and son story about tuna fishing of Southern Blue Fin tuna in South Australia's Port Lincoln fishing district. Accident prone son Snook is forever making mistakes much to the chagrin of his father Pascoe. But when tragedy strikes the fishing boat during a deep sea fishing trek in the Southern Ocean, the boy is called on to become a man in a rites of sea passage to reconcile is past mishaps and save both his father and the ship from certain disaster.

Directors

Writers

Colin Thiele(novel by)
Sonia Borg(writer by)

Directors

Writers

Colin Thiele(novel by)
Sonia Borg(writer by)

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Release date

December 1, 1978 (United States)

Language

English

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Box office

Budget

$750

Gross worldwide

$703

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