The Treasure Seekers (1979 film)

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The Treasure Seekers
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 is a 1979 British-American action film directed by Henry Levin and starring Rod Taylor, Stuart Whitman and Elke Sommer. It was shot on location in Jamaica. [1]

Contents

Premise

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

Cast

Production

Rod Taylor wrote the script. [2] Filming took place in 1976 but the film only achieved a limited release a number of years later. There were a number of problems during the shoot and post production. [3]

Release

The film was also released under the title Jamaican Gold.

References

  1. BFI.org
  2. The Treasure Seekers at the Complete Rod Taylor site accessed 12 March 2013
  3. Stephen Vagg, Rod Taylor: An Aussie in Hollywood (Bear Manor Media, 2010) p188-189