Gold DVD 1974 Az Aranybánya / Directed by Peter R. Hunt / Starring: Roger Moore, Susannah York, John Gielgud

UPC 5990501940057 / ER5001

REGION 2 PAL DVD

MADE IN HUNGARY

AUDIO: English 2.0, Hungarian 2.0

Subtitles: -

TOTAL RUNTIME: 119 minutes

English Summary:

Gold is a 1974 British thriller film starring Roger Moore and Susannah York and directed by Peter R. Hunt. It was based on the 1970 novel Gold Mine by Wilbur Smith. Moore plays Rodney "Rod" Slater, general manager of a South African gold mine, who is instructed by his boss Steyner (Bradford Dillman) to break through an underground dike into what he is told is a rich seam of gold. Meanwhile, he falls in love with Steyner's wife Terry, played by York. In the United States, the film was only released as part of a double bill.

The film begins with a tunnel collapse at the world-famous (but fictitious) Sonderditch gold mine outside Johannesburg, in a scene that establishes the courage of Slater and his chief miner, 'Big King', and the bond of trust between them. This is contrasted with the contempt with which some other white racist managers treat the black miners. It is soon revealed that the collapse was no accident, but part of a plan by a London-based criminal syndicate, which includes the previous general manager who is killed in the abortive first attempt and the mine-owner's son-in-law and director manager Manfred Steyner, to destroy the mine so that the foreign syndicate members can profit from share-dealing and raising the price of gold on world markets. This will be done by drilling through a deep underground greenstone wall or 'dyke' which is all that prevents an adjacent reservoir of water from flooding the mine.

Hungarian Summary:

Rod Slater, a törekvő bányamérnök megbízást kap az egyik johannesburgi aranybánya vezetésére. Az idő múltával azonban kénytelen rádöbbenni: a bánya biztonságát egy nemzetközi összeesküvő csoport fenyegeti, akik úgy akarják az arany világpiaci árát az egekbe tornászni, hogy felrobbantják az egyik legnagyobb aranybányát. Rod azonban nem elégszik meg a bánya megmentésének nemes feladatával, hanem a bányatulajdonos Hurry Hirschfeld lányát, Terryt is boldoggá akarja tenni.

Cast / Szereplők:

• Roger Moore ... Rodney "Rod" Slater
• Susannah York ... Terry Steyner
• Ray Milland ... Hurry Hirschfeld
• Bradford Dillman ... Manfred Steyner
• John Gielgud ... Farrell – syndicate head
• Tony Beckley ... Stephen Marais
• Simon Sabela ... 'Big King'
• Bernard Horsfall ... Dave Kowalski
• Marc Smith ... Tex Kiernan
• John Hussey ... Plummer
• Bill Brewer ... Aristide
• George Jackson ... Mine Doctor
• Ken Hare ... Jackson
• Ralph Loubser ... Mine Captain