Gold

Peter Hunt directed this old fashioned — if not reactionary — action film about gold-mining in South Africa. 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., Melodrama centring on illicit romance and a plot to flood a big South African mine., Suspenseful, action-packed drama based on the Wilbur Smith bestseller about a conspiracy by unscrupulous South African gold mine owners to destroy their holdings in order to drive up gold prices worldwide. Only an honest foreman who hopes to thwart their plot stands in the way., Melodrama centering on illicit romance and a plot to flood a big South African mine. Roger Moore, Susannah York, Ray Milland. Manfred: Bradford Dillman. Farrell: John Gielgud. Stephen: Tony Beckley. Big King: Simon Sabela. Tex: Marc Smith. Plummer: John Hussey. Kowalski: Bernard Horsfall. Directed by Peter Hunt., Melodrama focusing on an illicit romance and a plot to flood a big South African mine., Suspenseful, action-packed drama about a conspiracy by unscrupulous South African gold mine owners to destroy their holdings in order to drive up gold prices worldwide. Only an honest foreman who hopes to thwart their plot stands in the way., The new manager of a South African gold mine is ordered to drill through a dyke into a rich vein of gold, which results in the mine being flooded. This proves to be part of an unscrupulous share-dealing plot.