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5.7/10 • 53

1974-06-082h 0m

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Everything they touch turns to pure excitement!

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.

Directors
Peter R. Hunt
Editors
John Glen

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  1. Roger Moore

    Roger Moore

    Rod Slater

  2. Susannah York

    Susannah York

    Terry Steyner

  3. Ray Milland

    Ray Milland

    Hurry Hirschfeld

  4. John Gielgud

    John Gielgud

    Farrell

  5. Bradford Dillman

    Bradford Dillman

    Manfred Steyner

  6. Tony Beckley

    Tony Beckley

    Stephen Marais

  7. Simon Sabela

    Simon Sabela

    Big King

  8. Marc Smith

    Marc Smith

    Tex Kiernan

  9. John Hussey

    John Hussey

    Plummer

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CinemaSerf

May 27, 2023

6/10

Whilst this isn't actually very good, it is nowhere near as bad as I thought it was going to be! Roger Moore ("Slade") is the general manager of an huge gold mine who finds himself caught between the needs to keep his workforce safe, and the avaricious demands of the mine's owners. The conspiracy led by Sir John Gielgud ("Farrell") and the disgruntled son-in-law of the mine's owner ("Manfred") Bradford Dillman is further fuelled by the fact that "Slater" is at it with"Terry" (Susannah York) who happens to be Dillman's wife. The romantic melodrama stuff is all a bit cheesy, but there is some superb local photography giving us a sense of the sheer scale of these huge operations, and the script allows us - coupled with a suitably imperious effort from Gielgud and a feisty one from mine owner "Hirschfeld" (Ray Milland) - to get gripped a little more by this story of greed and power, especially towards the end, than I had expected. Moore has star quality, he was worth his fee and although no, it's by no means a great film - it is quite an entertaining boy's own adventure film.

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
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Revenue
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Keywords
gold mineaviation