Gold (1974) ( The Great Gold Conspiracy )

Gold (1974) (DVD) (*)

$29.99

Alternate Title: The Great Gold Conspiracy
Screened, competed or awarded at:
BAFTA Awards
Oscar Academy Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
124 min

Aspect Ratio:
Anamorphic Widescreen (2.35:1)

Special Features:
Anamorphic Widescreen
Documentary
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Special Edition
Trailer(s)
Remastered

Movie filmed in 1974 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Peter R. Hunt
Wilbur Smith

Written By:
Peter R. Hunt
Stanley Price

Actors:
Roger Moore ..... Rod Slater
Susannah York ..... Terry Steyner
Ray Milland ..... Hurry Hirschfeld
Bradford Dillman ..... Manfred Steyner
John Gielgud ..... Farrell
Tony Beckley ..... Stephen Marais
Simon Sabela ..... Big King
Marc Smith ..... Tex Kiernan
John Hussey ..... Plummer
Bernard Horsfall ..... Dave Kowalski
Bill Brewer ..... Aristide
Norman Coombes ..... Frank Lemmer
George Jackson ..... George the Doctor
Ken Hare ..... Jackson
Paul Hafela ..... Jimmy

Synopsis:

The story concerns a nefarious scheme to control the international price of gold by sabotaging the country's largest gold mine, flooding it with an underground sea. Hurry Hirschfeld (Ray Milland) is a cranky but kind millionaire who owns the gold mine. His granddaughter, Terry Steyner (Susannah York), is a beautiful women suffering from the old ennui. She happens to be married to chief bad-guy Manfred Steyner (Bradford Dillman), who, along with unscrupulous international tycoon Farrell (John Gielgud), hatches the plot to flood Hurry's gold- mine. To the rescue comes Rod Slater (Roger Moore) and his faithful black sidekick Big King (Simon Sabela), ready to right the wrongs and stem the tide in order to make South Africa safe for cheap black labor.

A ruthless global cabal of financial investors plan to manipulate the price of gold by flooding one of South Africa's top gold mines. Manager Rod Slater (Roger Moore) is brash and impulsive - a perfect fall guy. Suzannah York and Ray Milland co-star in this exciting tale of greed and death.

Rod Slater is the newly appointed general manager of the Sonderditch gold mine, but he stumbles across an ingenious plot to flood the mine, by drilling into an underground lake, so the unscrupulous owners to make a killing in the international gold market.

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