The Treasure Seekers (1979 film)

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The Treasure Seekers
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Directed by Henry Levin
Written by Rod Taylor
Walter Brough
Produced bySam Manners
Starring Rod Taylor
Stuart Whitman
CinematographyJoe Jackman
Richard Kelley
Edited byKeith Stafford
Music by Byron Lee
Production
companies
Halart Productions
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Cannon Films
Distributed by United Artists
Release date
  • 1979 (1979)
CountriesUnited States
United Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

The Treasure Seekers (also known as Forty Million Bucks, On a Dead Man's Chest, Treasure of Death, 40 Million Bucks on a Dead Man's Chest, [1] Contraband and Jamaican Gold [2] ) is a 1979 British-American action film directed by Henry Levin and starring Rod Taylor, Stuart Whitman and Elke Sommer. [1] [3] It was written by Taylor and Walter Brough.

Contents

Premise

Two former football players re-unite to search for the lost treasures of the seventeenth century pirate Henry Morgan.

Cast

Production

Filming took place on location in Jamaica in 1976, but he film only achieved a limited release a number of years later.[ citation needed ] There were a number of problems during the shoot and post production. [4]

Reception

Derek Winnert wrote: "Rod Taylor and Stuart Whitman are both pretty dull, while Jeremy Kemp and Keenan Wynn (as Meat Cleaver Stewart) overact but liven things up a bit, and it is good to have Elke Sommer aboard as the alluring Ursula. However, director Levin does not manage much energy or excitement, though there is an entertaining action climax." [2]

References

  1. 1 2 "The Treasure Seekers". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 7 October 2025.
  2. 1 2 Winnert, Derek (11 March 2021). "The Treasure Seekers". derekwinnert.com. Retrieved 7 October 2025.
  3. ↑ "BFI | Film & TV Database | The Treasure Seekers (1977)". ftvdb.bfi.org.uk. Archived from the original on 6 February 2009. Retrieved 7 October 2025.
  4. ↑ Stephen Vagg, Rod Taylor: An Aussie in Hollywood (Bear Manor Media, 2010) p188-189


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