Picnic at Hanging Rock

Picnic at Hanging Rock

117 mins | Drama, Mystery | Sept. 2, 1975

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.

Picnic at Hanging Rock

117 mins | Drama, Mystery | Sept. 2, 1975

Picnic at Hanging Rock
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.
IMDb rating 7.4
Producers Australian Film Commission, McElroy & McElroy, Picnic Productions Pty. Ltd., British Empire Films Australia
Original title Picnic at Hanging Rock
Directors Gilda Baracchi, Ian Jamieson, Kim Dalton, Mark Egerton, Peter Weir
Writers Cliff Green, Joan Lindsay

Cast

Rachel Roberts

as Mrs. Appleyard

Vivean Gray

as Miss Greta McCraw

Helen Morse

as Mlle. Dianne de Poitiers

Kirsty Child

as Miss Dora Lumley

Jacki Weaver

as Minnie

Anne-Louise Lambert

as Miranda St. Clare

Karen Robson

as Irma Leopold

Jane Vallis

as Marion Quade

Christine Schuler

as Edith Horton

Margaret Nelson

as Sara Waybourne

Ingrid Mason

as Rosamund Swift

Jenny Lovell

as Blanche Gifford

Janet Murray

as Juliana

Wyn Roberts

as Sgt. Bumpher

Peter Collingwood

as Col. Fitzhubert

Olga Dickie

as Mrs. Fitzhubert

Dominic Guard

as Michael Fitzhubert

John Jarratt

as Albert Crundall

Frank Gunnell

as Mr. Whitehead

Vivienne Graves

as Pupil

Angela Bencini

as Pupil

Melinda Cardwell

as Pupil

Annabel Powrie

as Pupil

Amanda White

as Pupil

Lindy O'Connell

as Pupil

Verity Smith

as Pupil

Deborah Mullins

as Pupil

Sue Jamieson

as Pupil

Barbara Lloyd

as Pupil

Kay Taylor

as Mrs. Bumpher

Garry McDonald

as Const. Jones

Martin Vaughan

as Ben Hussey

John Fegan

as Doc. McKenzie