• Director: Marcus Cole
• Main Cast: Barry Bostwick, Robert Reynolds, Caroline Goodall, Helen Slater, Tim Hughes
• Release Year: 1991
• Country: AU
• Run Time: 192 minutes

Plot

Tapping into the Australian viewing public's ongoing fascination with aviators, this two-part miniseries dramatized the celebrated 1934 London-to-Melbourne MacPherson Robertson Air Race. American actor Barry Bostwick starred as entrepreneurial flyboy Roscoe Turner, who organized the race and invited such famous aviators as Amy Johnson (Caroline Goodall), Tom Campbell-Black (Robert Reynolds), Ray Parer (Gary Day), and Geoff Hemsworth (Jeff Truman). Although the script is topheavy with celebrity name-dropping, much of it is pure fiction -- except of course for the outcome of the race. Enhanced by the utilization of genuine vintage aircraft, Half a World Away originally aired in Australia in May 1991. It has since been released to video as The Great Air Race. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Cast

• Barry Bostwick - Roscoe Turner
• Robert Reynolds - Tom Campbell-Black
• Caroline Goodall - Amy Johnson
• Helen Slater - Jacquie Cochran
• Tim Hughes - Charles Scott

Jonathan Hyde - Jim Mollison; Henk Johannes - Keone Parmentier; Burt Cooper - Jan Moll; Gary Day - Ray Parer; Jeff Truman - Geoff Hemsworth; Josephine Byrnes - Florence Desmond; Anthony Hawkins - Thomas Perrin; Jim Holt - Harold Brook

Credit

Michael Brindley - Teleplay By; Ross Dimsey - Producer; Ross Dimsey - Screen Story; Alexandra Tynan - Costume Designer; Penny Chapman - Executive Producer; Howard Grigsby - Producer; Marcus Cole - Director; Elizabeth Matthews - Executive Producer; Peter Hepworth - Screenwriter; Chris Davis - Cinematographer; Colin Gresch - Production Designer; Peter Sullivan - Composer (Music Score)