King Solomon's Treasure

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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 byStan Cole
Music byLew Lehman
Production
companies
Canafox
Gold Key TV
Towers of London Productions
Distributed byGold Key Entertainment (US)
Scotia-Barber (UK)
Release date
  • 1979 (1979)(UK)
Running time
88 minutes
CountriesCanada
United Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
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.

Contents

Cast

Production

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

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]

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References

  1. 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 original on 2 January 2018.
  2. "King Solomon's Treasure: Review". TVGuide.com. Retrieved 14 March 2013.
  3. Whittaker, Herbert (31 December 1979). "Former Torontonians meet again". The Globe and Mail. p. E.12. ProQuest   386875958.