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On St. Valentine's Day in 1900 a party of schoolgirls set out to picnic at Hanging Rock ... Some were never to return. - Picnic at Hanging Rock
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Title: Picnic at Hanging Rock

Release Date: 2 Sep 1975

Runtime: 1h 55m

Genre: Drama, Mystery

Director: McElroy & McElroy, Picnic Productions Pty. Ltd., British Empire Films Australia, Australian Film Commission

Production Companies: McElroy & McElroy, Picnic Productions Pty. Ltd., British Empire Films Australia, Australian Film Commission

Overview: In the early 1900s, Miranda attends a girls boarding school in Australia. One Valentine's Day, the school's typically strict headmistress treats the girls to a picnic field trip to an unusual but scenic volcanic formation called Hanging Rock. Despite rules against it, Miranda and several other girls venture off. It's not until the end of the day that the faculty realizes the girls and one of the teachers have disappeared mysteriously.

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Average Vote: 7.202 (788 votes)

Cast

  • Mrs. Appleyard: Rachel Roberts
  • Miss Greta McCraw: Vivean Gray
  • Mlle. Dianne de Poitiers: Helen Morse
  • Miss Dora Lumley: Kirsty Child
  • Tom: Tony Llewellyn-Jones
  • Minnie: Jacki Weaver
  • Miranda St. Clare: Anne-Louise Lambert
  • Irma Leopold: Karen Robson
  • Marion Quade: Jane Vallis
  • Edith Horton: Christine Schuler
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