Gold

1974

Action / Adventure / Drama / Romance / Thriller

5
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 26% · 3 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 26% · 250 ratings
IMDb Rating 5.7/10 10 2809 2.8K

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Plot summary

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 can make a killing in the international gold market.

Director

Peter R. Hunt Photo
Peter R. Hunt

Top cast

Carl Duering Photo
Carl Duering as Syndicate Member
Bernard Horsfall Photo
Bernard Horsfall as Dave Kowalski
André Maranne Photo
André Maranne as Syndicate Member
Tony Beckley Photo
Tony Beckley as Stephen Marais
720p.BluRay 1080p.BluRay
1.11 GB
1280*544
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
24 fps
2 hr 4 min
Seeds 2
2.06 GB
1920*816
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
24 fps
2 hr 4 min
Seeds 2

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by merklekranz 6 / 10

Flawed but solid entertainment ...................

Technically, "Gold" is rather uneven at best. There are quite a number of underground scenes that are simply too dark. Another problem is scenes that go on far too long drag on the film. The whirlwind romance between Roger Moore and Susannah York takes up too much time and could have been tactfully trimmed, thus tightening the overlong run time of 120 minutes. On the plus side, is an interesting plot to flood a South African gold mine, which would cut world production by 30%, and drive up the price of gold. Moore's heroic attempt to save the flooding mine and save 1000 trapped men provides plenty of excitement. .................. - MERK
Reviewed by wes-connors 5 / 10

Too Thick in the Middle

Shirt-shedding Roger Moore (as Rodney "Rod" Slater) works in a Johannesburg, South Africa mine. After a suspicious accident, Mr. Moore gets promoted to General Manager, by nasty non-smoking Bradford Dillman (as Manfred Steyner); then, he meets Mr. Dillman's unfulfilled blonde wife, Susannah York (as Terry). Ms. York is the granddaughter of cigar-chomping mine-owner Ray Milland (as Hurry "H.H." Hirschfeld). Eventually, Moore unbuttons his shirt, then York unbuttons hers. While his wife skinny dips with Moore, Dillman plots to flood Mr. Milland's mine, drive up the price of "Gold", and collect the cash.It's difficult to picture the suave, immaculate Moore spending years in the dirt - he sure cleans up well. But, the main problem with "Gold" lays with the boring romance - Moore and York look good together, but are saddled with a long, unexciting aboveground "who cares?" affair. The less seen Dillman and Milland are better without even kissing. And, frankly, the characters played by Tony Beckley (Stephen Marais) and Simon Sabela (John "Big King" Nkulu) seem more interesting. With at least six degrees of Oscar-connections, Maureen McGovern's non-hit "Wherever Love Takes Me" received "Academy Award" notice.***** Gold (9/5/74) Peter Hunt ~ Roger Moore, Susannah York, Bradford Dillman, Ray Milland
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