The Rainbow Warrior (sometimes called The Sinking of the Rainbow Warrior) is a 1993 made-for-television drama film directed by Michael Tuchner and starring Jon Voight and Sam Neill.
Plot summary
The film is based on the true story of the Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior, which was sunk in Waitematā Harbour in Auckland, New Zealand on 10 July 1985 by French DGSE operatives, when it was preparing for a Pacific voyage to protest against French nuclear testing. The film chronicles the police investigation to discover what happened to the ship and who was responsible.
Cast
Jon Voight as Peter Willcox
Sam Neill as Alan Galbraith
Bruno Lawrence as Terry Batchelor
Kerry Fox as Andrea Joyce
John Callen as David Lange
Stacey Pickren as
Michael Mizrahi
Tony Barry as Greenpeace activist
Peter Hambleton as Maury Whitham
Greg Johnson as Bert White
Stephen O'Rourke as Eddie
Stig Eldred as Steve Sawyer
Lucy Lawless as Jane Redmond
Dale Stevens as Amy
Alison Bruce as Leslie Holbrook
Mark Ferguson as Detective Neil Morris
Nigel Harbrow as Fernando Pereira
Bert Van Dijk as Bruno Ullman
Joanna Briant as Detective Robin Borrie
Clinton Ulyatt as Constable Adam Kelly
Donogh Rees as Lab supervisor
Bruce Phillips as Doctor Nicolas Legrange
Bruce Allpress as Hec Crene
Ken Blackburn as Gerard Curry
Te Whatanui Skipwith as Rongelap man
Martyn Sanderson as Uncle Emile
Gerard Sanna as Andre Florian
Patrice LeGrand as Antoine Riverol
Simon Prast as Louis Deschamps
Stephane Tyrode as Pierre Duval
Serge Renault as Ouvea crewman #2
Michael Cassin as Ouevea crewman #1
Peter Hayden as Captain
Jane Holland as Bartender
John Sumner as Judge
Grant Bridger as Police specialist
Eru Potaka Dewes as Maori speaker
Nicholas Rogers as Logger #1
Lawrence Wharerau as Logger #2
Nigel Godfrey as Yachtsman
Peter Nicoll as Watchman #1
Tim Cronin as Watchman #2
Fritz Wollner as Greenpeace man
Rachel Watkins as Newman's clerk
Ruth Dudding as French reporter
Nancy Schroder as Airline representative
Stephen Hall as French naval officer
Tony Hurst as Police diver
Shannon Gray as Secretary
See also
The Rainbow Warrior Conspiracy, miniseries
Sinking of the Rainbow Warrior
Rainbow Warrior Case (international law) List of films about nuclear issues