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Smithy (also known as Southern Cross in the UK and Pacific Adventure in the US) is a 1946 Australian adventure film about pioneering Australian aviator Sir Charles Kingsford Smith and his 1928 flight across the Pacific Ocean, from San Francisco, California, United States to Brisbane, Queensland, Australia . This was the first-ever transpacific flight. Kingsford Smith was the pilot of the Fokker F.VII/3m three-engine monoplane "Southern Cross", with Australian aviator Charles Ulm as the relief pilot. The other two crew members were Americans James Warner and Harry Lyon.
Original Release
07/04/1946
US Release
11/25/1947
Cast
Name | Character |
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Ron Randell | Charles Kingsford-Smith |
Muriel Steinbeck | Lady M. Kingsford Smith |
John Tate | Charles Ulm |
Joy Nichols | Kay Sutton |
Nan Taylor | Nan Kingsford Smith |
John Dunne | Harold Kingsford Smith |
Alec Kellaway | Captain G. Allan Hancock |
John Dease | Sir Hubert Wilkins |
Marshall Crosby | Arthur Powell |
Edward Smith | Beau Sheil |
Directors
Writers
Ken G. Hall, Max Afford, Alec Coppel
Cast
Name | Character |
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Ron Randell | Charles Kingsford-Smith |
Muriel Steinbeck | Lady M. Kingsford Smith |
John Tate | Charles Ulm |
Joy Nichols | Kay Sutton |
Nan Taylor | Nan Kingsford Smith |
John Dunne | Harold Kingsford Smith |
Alec Kellaway | Captain G. Allan Hancock |
John Dease | Sir Hubert Wilkins |
Marshall Crosby | Arthur Powell |
Edward Smith | Beau Sheil |
Alan Herbert | Tommy Pethybridge |
John Fleeting | Keith Anderson |
Joe Valli | Stringer |
C.J. Montgomery Jackson | James Warner |
Gundy Hill | Harry Lyon |
Billy Hughes | Self |
P.G. Taylor | Self |
John Stannage | Self |
Harry Purvis | Pilot |
Charles 'Bud' Tingwell | Control Tower Officer |
Producers
Name | Role |
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N.P. Pery | Producer |