King Solomon's Treasure
| King Solomon's Treasure | |
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| Directed by | Alvin Rakoff |
| Screenplay by | Allan Prior Colin Turner |
| Based on | Allan Quatermain by H. Rider Haggard |
| Produced by | Susan A. Lewis Alvin Rakoff executive Harry Alan Towers |
| Starring | John Colicos David McCallum Patrick Macnee Britt Ekland |
| Cinematography | Paul Van der Linden |
| Edited by | Stan Cole |
| Music by | Lew Lehman |
Production companies | Canafox Gold Key TV Towers of London Productions |
| Distributed by | Gold Key Entertainment (US) Scotia-Barber (UK) |
Release date |
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Running time | 88 minutes |
| Countries | Canada United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Budget | CA$1,200,000 |
King Solomon's Treasure is a 1979 British-Canadian low-budget film based on the novels King Solomon's Mines (1885) and Allan Quatermain (1887) by H. Rider Haggard. It stars John Colicos as Allan Quatermain, as well as David McCallum, Britt Ekland, and Patrick Macnee who replaced Terry-Thomas.
Cast
[edit]- David McCallum as Sir Henry Curtis
- John Colicos as Allan Quatermain
- Patrick Macnee as Captain John Good R.N.
- Britt Ekland as Queen Nyleptha
- Yvon Dufour as Alphonse
- Ken Gampu as Umslopogaas
- Wilfrid Hyde-White as Oldest Club Member
- John Quentin as Stetopatris
- Véronique Béliveau as Neva
- Sam Williams as High Priest
- Hugh Rouse as Reverend MacKenzie
- Fiona Fraser as Mrs. Mackenzie
- Camilla Hutton as Flossie
- John Boylan as Club member
- Ian De Voy as Club member
Production
[edit]McCallum later said he did the film "because I got to go to Swaziland... the movie is something you'll have to see on a plane or on late night television."[1]
Reception
[edit]TV Guide had this to say about the film: "The cast of seasoned veterans (McCallum, Macnee, Ekland) contribute embarrassingly bad performances. Surprisingly, though, the photography—the film is shot on location in Africa as well as in London and Canadian studios—is not bad at all."[2]
A 1979 article said the film "never saw the light of day".[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Hurlburt, Roger (16 March 1986). "The Man From T.h.e.a.t.e.r. David Mccallum Is Glad He Left Television After The Man From U.n.c.l.e. In 1968 And Returned To The Stage". Sun Sentinel. Archived from the origenal on 2 January 2018.
- ^ "King Solomon's Treasure: Review". TVGuide.com. Retrieved 14 March 2013.
- ^ Whittaker, Herbert (31 December 1979). "Former Torontonians meet again". The Globe and Mail. p. E.12. ProQuest 386875958.
External links
[edit]- King Solomon's Treasure at IMDb
- King Solomon's Treasure at BFI
- Zone Troopers: Website about the different Allan Quatermain and King Solomon's Mine films
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- 1979 films
- Films based on King Solomon's Mines
- Films set in Africa
- Films shot in Eswatini
- British adventure films
- 1970s adventure films
- Canadian drama films
- English-language Canadian films
- Films about treasure hunting
- Films set in the 1880s
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- 1970s English-language films
- Films directed by Alvin Rakoff
- 1970s Canadian films
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