Race For The Yankee Zepher Poster Daybill Original 1981 Ken Wahl
Race For the Yankee Zepher Poster Daybill Original 1981.Race for the Yankee Zephyr (also known as Treasure of the Yankee Zephyr) is a 1981 New Zealand suspense–action–thriller film directed by David Hemmings and starring Ken Wahl, Lesley Ann Warren, George Peppard and Donald Pleasence.The film was an original story by writer Everett De Roche. It was based on a true incident about the war-time disappearance of an American DC3 military aircraft carrying the payroll for the Pacific fleet which was later discovered off Cape York - Australia. Richard Franklin was originally attached as director, and Antony I. Ginnane produced. The script was originally set in Queensland, Australia, but the producers wanted to import four overseas actors, and Actors Equity objected. De Roche re-wrote the film, so it was set in New Zealand. Richard Franklin dropped out of the film because he was unhappy with the change in location, and David Hemmings, who was attached to the film as a producer, was appointed as the director.
