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.
Hardy Krüger
as Bill Pascoe
Greg Rowe
as Steve 'Snook' Pascoe
Liddy Clark
as Ruth Pascoe
John Jarratt
as Sam Snell
Hugh Keays-Byrne
as Stan
Alfred Bell
as Geordie
Ralph Cotterill
as Herbie
George Spartels
as Con
Jock Owen
as Jock
Elspeth Ballantyne
as Mrs. Pascoe
Terry Camilleri
as Truckie
