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5.7/10
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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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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
- merklekranz
- Aug 18, 2011
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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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