Starlight Hotel
1987, English. Directed by Sam Pillsbury.
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.
- Runtime
- 1h 33m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- English
- Rated
- PG
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- Released
- 27 November 1987
- Country
- New Zealand
- Written by
- Grant Hindin-Miller
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Starlight Hotel runs 93 minutes (1h 33m).
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Starlight Hotel is rated PG in India. That rating means it is generally fine for children.
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Starlight Hotel isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 27 November 1987. (Checked 9 November 2026.)
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Who directed Starlight Hotel?
Starlight Hotel (1987) was directed by Sam Pillsbury and stars Greer Robson, Peter Phelps, Alice Fraser.