Picnic at Hanging Rock
When a Valentine's Day picnic at the eerie Hanging Rock ends with several schoolgirls and their teacher vanishing without a trace, the headmistress must confront an unsettling mystery that threatens to unravel her disciplined academy and the town's fragile calm.
“On St. Valentine's Day in 1900 a party of schoolgirls set out to picnic at Hanging Rock…Some were never to return.”
Synopsis
In the early 1900s, Miranda attends a girls' boarding school in Australia. One Valentine's Day, she receives an anonymous love letter.
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A crew of 43+ credited
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Edited by Max LemonShot by Russell Boyd
Box Office
1975 · Box office
💰 Box-office hit — grossed 11× its budget
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Worldwide gross
$5.1M
Re-release box office
- 20254 theaters
- $46K($47K today)
Domestic gross earned in theatrical re-release, by year · adjusted for inflation
Also known as
- Picknick am Valentinstagde
- Pique-nique à Hanging Rockfr
- Picnic ad Hanging Rockit
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Cast & Crew
43 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Rachel Roberts
as Mrs. Appleyard - College Staff
Anne Louise Lambert
as Miranda St Clare - Pupil
Rachel Roberts Nm0731499
as Mrs. Appleyard - College Staff
Vivean Gray
as Miss Greta McCraw
Helen Morse
as Mlle. Dianne de Poitiers
Kirsty Child
as Miss Dora Lumley
Tony Llewellyn Jones
as Tom
Jacki Weaver
as Minnie
Frank Gunnell
as Mr. Whitehead - College Staff
Karen Robson
as Irma Leopold
Jane Vallis
as Marion Quade
Christine Schuler
as Edith Horton
Supporting cast
24Margaret Nelson
as Sara Waybourne
Ingrid Mason
as Rosamund Swift
Jenny Lovell
as Blanche Gifford
Janet Murray
as Juliana
Wynn Roberts
as Sgt. Bumpher
Peter Collingwood
as Col. Fitzhubert
Olga Dickie
as Mrs. Fitzhubert
Dominic Guard
as Michael Fitzhubert
John Jarratt
as Albert Crundall
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
Bernadette Bencini
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
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