Sky Pirates

Sky Pirates

The Ark has been Raided and the Stone Romanced. Now, let the REAL ADVENTURE begin.

1986 · 89 min · ★ 5.2 · Adventure, Science Fiction, Action

Air force Lieutenant Harris starts for a flight to Boa Boa, on board Reverend Mitchell with a box containing a part of a top-secret extraterrestrial key. They get lost in a supernatural storm and find themselves after an emergency landing in kind of a Bermuda triangle, 5,000 miles off their course. Home again, no one believes Harris' story, and his crew suspiciously denies it too. Harris is thrown in jail, but manages to escape. Together with Mitchell's daughter he seeks the lost part of the key and its secret.

Directed by Colin Eggleston · Written by Peter Herbert

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John Hargreaves Lt.Harris
Max Phipps Savage
Bill Hunter O'Reilly
Simon Chilvers Rev. Mitchell
Meredith Phillips Melanie Mitchell
Tommy Dysart Bartender
Peter Cummins Col. Brien
Alex Scott Gen. Hackett
David Parker Hayes
Adrian Wright Valentine

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