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* CoolGuns: Harris' service weapon is a Webley revolver identical to the one owned by Indiana Jones. The bad guys use Lugers, and a Colt 1911.

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* ActionGirl: Melanie Mitchel (Meredith Philips)

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* EenieMeenieMinyMoai: There are Easter Island heads on the island where Harris is forced to land.
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* {{Expy}}: Harris is an adventurer in the mould of Indiana Jones.

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* {{Expy}}: Harris is an adventurer in the mould of Indiana Jones.Jones, right down to having a US state[[note]]Kind of[[/note]] for a first name.

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* CoolPlane: The Douglas DC-3 Dakota flown by Harris.

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The Douglas DC-3 Dakota flown by Harris.



* CultClassic: Although the movie is obscure in much of the English speaking world, it has a sizeable fanbase in Germany.



IMDB link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091964/

Cinefacts: http://www.cinefacts.de/Filme/Dakota-Harris,21557
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''Dakota Harris'' a.k.a. ''SkyPirates'' is a 1986 adventure movie directed by Colin Eggleston, and written by John Lamond and Robert Mowbray. John Hargreaves stars as a World War II pilot in the Pacific Theatre who gets lost in the BermudaTriangle. The remainder of the film involves unravelling the mystery surrounding an alien object that enables the user to travel through time.

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''Dakota Harris'' a.k.a. ''SkyPirates'' is a 1986 adventure movie directed by Colin Eggleston, and written by John Lamond and Robert Mowbray. John Hargreaves Creator/JohnHargreaves stars as a World War II pilot in the Pacific Theatre who gets lost in the BermudaTriangle. The remainder of the film involves unravelling the mystery surrounding an alien object that enables the user to travel through time.
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Cinefacts: http://www.cinefacts.de/Filme/Dakota-Harris,21557

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'''Dakota Harris''' a.k.a. SkyPirates is a 1986 adventure movie directed by Colin Eggleston, and written by John Lamond and Robert Mowbray. John Hargreaves stars as a World War II pilot in the Pacific Theatre who gets lost in the BermudaTriangle. The remainder of the film involves unravelling the mystery surrounding an alien object that enables the user to travel through time.

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'''Dakota Harris''' ''Dakota Harris'' a.k.a. SkyPirates ''SkyPirates'' is a 1986 adventure movie directed by Colin Eggleston, and written by John Lamond and Robert Mowbray. John Hargreaves stars as a World War II pilot in the Pacific Theatre who gets lost in the BermudaTriangle. The remainder of the film involves unravelling the mystery surrounding an alien object that enables the user to travel through time.
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* AwesomeAussie: Harris can fly a plane, hold his nerve against a whole bar room full of bad guys, and beat up thugs when standing on the hood of a moving car.
* BadGuyBar: Harris visits a bar where the criminal underworld hangs out, and is forced by the patrons to play RussianRoulette.


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**The brightly painted stunt biplane that Harris later steals to escape the court martial.


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* DieselPunk: Focusing on an alternative World War II, time travel, and lost alien technology.

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'''Dakota Harris''' a.k.a. SkyPirates is a 1986 adventure movie directed by Colin Eggleston, and written by John Lamond and Robert Mowbray. John Hargreaves stars as a World War II pilot in the Pacific Theatre who gets lost in the BermudaTriangle.

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'''Dakota Harris''' a.k.a. SkyPirates is a 1986 adventure movie directed by Colin Eggleston, and written by John Lamond and Robert Mowbray. John Hargreaves stars as a World War II pilot in the Pacific Theatre who gets lost in the BermudaTriangle. \n The remainder of the film involves unravelling the mystery surrounding an alien object that enables the user to travel through time.



* AdventurerOutfit: Of the pilot variety.

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* AdventurerOutfit: Of the pilot variety.variety: leather jacket, sheepskin boots and military cap.



* BritishNazis: Savage (Max Phipps) is a German agent, and wears an SS uniform at the end.

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* BritishNazis: Savage (Max Phipps) is a German agent, an agent of the Germans, and wears an SS uniform at the end.



* CoolCar: The 1941 Ford staff car.

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* CoolCar: The 1941 Ford staff car.car which would have been almost brand new at the time.



* CoolPlane: The Douglas DC-3 Dakota.
* CultClassic: In Germany.

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* CoolPlane: The Douglas DC-3 Dakota.
Dakota flown by Harris.
* CultClassic: In Although the movie is obscure in much of the English speaking world, it has a sizeable fanbase in Germany.



* EvilBrit: RAF Major Savage seems to want Harris dead.



* HollywoodNatives: Complete with dugout canoe.
* PreacherMan: Reverend Mitchell (Simon Chilvers).

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* HollywoodNatives: Complete with BraidsBeadsAndBuckskins, and a dugout canoe.
* NoSwastikas: Justified, because the Pacific Theatre was outside the Nazis' sphere of operations.
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PreacherMan: Melanie's father Reverend Mitchell (Simon Chilvers).
Chilvers) is a missionary.


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'''Dakota Harris''' a.k.a. SkyPirates is a 1986 adventure movie directed by Colin Eggleston, and written by John Lamond and Robert Mowbray. John Harris stars as a World War II pilot in the Pacific Theatre who gets lost in the BermudaTriangle.

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'''Dakota Harris''' a.k.a. SkyPirates is a 1986 adventure movie directed by Colin Eggleston, and written by John Lamond and Robert Mowbray. John Harris Hargreaves stars as a World War II pilot in the Pacific Theatre who gets lost in the BermudaTriangle.
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'''Dakota Harris''' a.k.a. SkyPirates is a 1986 adventure movie directed by Colin Eggleston, and written by John Lamond and Robert Mowbray. John Harris stars as a World War II pilot in the Pacific Theatre who gets lost in the BermudaTriangle.

* ActionGirl: Melanie Mitchel (Meredith Philips)
* AdventurerOutfit: Of the pilot variety.
* AncientArtifact: The MacGuffin is an object of extraterrestrial origin.
* BritishNazis: Savage (Max Phipps) is a German agent, and wears an SS uniform at the end.
* TheBrute: Harris gets into a brawl with a huge enemy agent with the BaldOfEvil.
* CoolCar: The 1941 Ford staff car.
* CoolGuns: Harris' service weapon is a Webley revolver identical to the one owned by Indiana Jones. The bad guys use Lugers, and a Colt 1911.
* CoolPlane: The Douglas DC-3 Dakota.
* CultClassic: In Germany.
* EenieMeenieMinyMoai: There are Easter Island heads on the island where Harris is forced to land.
* {{Expy}}: Harris is an adventurer in the mould of Indiana Jones.
* HellBentForLeather: Harris wears a sheepskin flight jacket.
* HollywoodNatives: Complete with dugout canoe.
* PreacherMan: Reverend Mitchell (Simon Chilvers).

IMDB link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091964/
Cinefacts: http://www.cinefacts.de/Filme/Dakota-Harris,21557

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