: Manager Rod Slater is tasked with drilling into a rich new seam, unaware it is a trap designed to breach an underground dike and flood the mine.
: The movie was filmed on location in South Africa at the Buffelfontein and West Rand mines , with some interiors shot at Pinewood Studios in London.
The film is noted for its extensive use of the James Bond production team, including editor John Glen and titles designer Maurice Binder. Gold (1974)HD
: Filming in South Africa during the apartheid regime was highly controversial and led to a ban by the British film union, ACTT.
Released in 1974, is a British thriller starring Roger Moore and Susannah York . Directed by Peter R. Hunt, who previously directed the James Bond film On Her Majesty's Secret Service , this film follows a brash gold mine manager, Rod Slater, who becomes an unwitting pawn in a global conspiracy. A cabal of international investors plans to manipulate world gold prices by sabotaging and flooding a South African gold mine, thousands of feet below the surface. Movie Overview : Manager Rod Slater is tasked with drilling
: Actors and crew descended two miles into actual mine shafts to capture authentic, claustrophobic footage. Gold (1974) - Filming & production - IMDb
: Based on the 1970 novel Gold Mine by Wilbur Smith , which was loosely inspired by a real-life mining flood near Johannesburg in 1968. Production & Controversy : Filming in South Africa during the apartheid
: Roger Moore (Rod Slater), Susannah York (Terry Steyner), Ray Milland (Hurry "Pops" Hirschfeld), Bradford Dillman (Manfred Steyner), and Sir John Gielgud (Farrell).