The Girl, the Gold Watch & Dynamite

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The Girl, the Gold Watch & Dynamite
GenreFantasy
Comedy
Written by John D. MacDonald (characters)
George Zateslo
Directed by Hy Averback
Starring Philip MacHale
Lee Purcell
Music by Bruce Broughton
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producers Arthur Fellows
Terry Keegan
Producer John Cutts
Production locationsAuburn Hotel - 853 Lincoln Way, Auburn, California
Sacramento, California
Cinematography William K. Jurgensen
Editor Kenneth R. Koch
Running time93 minutes
Production companies Paramount Television
Fellows-Keegan Company
Original release
ReleaseMay 21, 1981 (1981-05-21)

The Girl, the Gold Watch & Dynamite is a 1981 American made-for-television fantasy-comedy film starring Philip MacHale and Lee Purcell. The film is a sequel to the 1980 telefilm The Girl, the Gold Watch & Everything which was an adaptation of the John D. MacDonald novel The Girl, the Gold Watch & Everything . The original sequel title was going to be "The Girl, the Gold Watch, and Everything Else", but was eventually dropped for the punchier "....and Dynamite" to draw more of a distinction between the original movie and the sequel.

Contents

Plot

A couple have a gold watch that has the power to stop time. Kirby Winter and his fiancée Bonnie Lee Beaumont try to save her family farm from a land developer.

Cast

Reception

The film got 2.5 out of 5 on AllMovie . [1]

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References

  1. "The Girl, the Gold Watch & Dynamite". AllMovie. Retrieved October 20, 2020.