The Rainbow Warrior (1997)
March 28, 1997
TV Movie, Drama
1h 39m

Peter Wilcox, as skipper of the 'Rainbow Warrior', a Greenpeace ship, docks in Auckland, July 1985, preparing for a protest against French nuclear testing in the south pacific. When a bomb rips open the vessel, killing a crew member, he must convince the police superintendent that this is an act of terrorism. Determined not to allow outside forces to threaten their harbor, the police embark on a pursuit of the persons responsible. The events that follow nearly bring down an allied nation's government.
Cast & Crew
- Director
- Michael Tuchner
- Peter Willcox Jon Voight
- Chief Inspector Alan Galbraith Sam Neill
- Detective Sr. Sgt. Terry Batchelor Bruno Lawrence
- Andrea Joyce Kerry Fox
- PM David Lange John Callen
- Maury Whitham Peter Hambleton
- Bert White Greg Johnson
- Jane Redmond Lucy Lawless
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Keywords
- based on true story
- anti-nuclear activist
- terrorist attack
- greenpeace
- environmental issue
- 1980s
- independent film