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A South African gold mine foreman is unwittingly manipulated by an unscrupulous gang of financiers who want to flood the mine to raise the price of gold on the world market.A South African gold mine foreman is unwittingly manipulated by an unscrupulous gang of financiers who want to flood the mine to raise the price of gold on the world market.A South African gold mine foreman is unwittingly manipulated by an unscrupulous gang of financiers who want to flood the mine to raise the price of gold on the world market.
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 2 nominations total
Denis Smith
- Radio Commentator
- (as Dennis Smith)
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Did you know
- TriviaThe movie was only released as part of a double bill in the U.S.
- GoofsAlthough signage usually says "independent blasting", the label on the control panel for the explosives is misspelled as "independant blasting".
- Quotes
[producing King's helmet]
Plummer (John Hussey): We found this down there.
Rod Slater: It's King's. It's gold, I hate the lousy stuff.
- Alternate versionsTwo versions of the opening credits exists. The first half of the credits feature the word GOLD in huge chunky letters on a black background. Within the letters, film has been optically added, showing gold being mined, processed, made into bars and finally, as a selection of jewellery. In the rough cut version, the final shot shows a woman's hand gliding into frame and selecting one of the pieces of jewellery. In the correct version, this is replaced by a slow zoom away from jewellery on a black velvet display. The rough cut also has Giulgud, Milland and Dillman billed at the same time, whereas the correct version has each actor billed separately. ITV in the UK always show the 'hand' version of the credits, although the DVD features the other version.
- ConnectionsFeatured in For Our Eyes Only: John Glen (2021)
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" Slater, you're a Maniac, but , l like your style "
On the continent of Africa you'll find many an area which can brag of owning a Gold mine. It's interesting that this film was more about the behind-the-scenes intrigue, than of the actual mining process. Yet, the story called which is about rich greedy men wanting to get richer, is central to this movie called " Gold ". Were it not for the serious actors involved in the project, this story would have remained underground. However, herein we have Roger Moore as Rod Slater, a top notch, engineer, who hates digging for Gold, only to have other men bury it again. Nevertheless, he is hired to oversee a very dangerous tunnel gamble which according to his boss, Manfred Steyner (Bradford Dillman), will make a nice bonus for the shareholders. What he is not told, is that the project could cost thousands of miners their lives. Oscar winner, Ray Milland plays Harry Hirschfeld the owner of the mine who as a straight-forward boss is a hindrance to conspirators who wish him ill. John Gielgud plays Mr. Farrell, a rich financier, who would like a Christmas bonus, regardless of the human tragedy. Simon Sabela is 'Big King' a man who the audience can tell is as big as the courage he displays. Susannah York is Terry Steyner, the boss's daughter and major player in the secret scheme. A good drama. ****
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- Nov 28, 2008
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- Also known as
- The Great Gold Conspiracy
- Filming locations
- Johannesburg, South Africa(Buffelfontein and West Rand mines)
- Production companies
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- Budget
- £1,000,000 (estimated)
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