The Gold Bug

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The Gold Bug (1980)

Directed by Robert Fuest

Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, TV Movie · 45m

Shortly after the Civil War, while exploring the long deserted and reputedly haunted Sullivan's Island off Charleston S.C., a boy encounters two obsessed eccentrics living there. These men chase him away and warn him never to return or to tell anyone about them. Soon, however, they locate him and summon him back, because he has unknowingly given them a clue vital to their quest and they need his help to unravel the rest of the mystery. If he can do so, they will find buried pirate treasure and all become rich. But in joining the search, he falls under the same obsession and curse -- an ominous fate suggested by the unearthly electronic music which contributes to the film's atmosphere.

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Cast

Roberts Blossom Mr. LeGrand Geoffrey Holder Jupiter Anthony Michael Hall The Boy
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Robert Moberly Uncle Sudie Bond Agnes Anne Haney Jessica Bessop Alix Elias Barmaid Philip Bruns Tattoo

Crew

Director
Robert Fuest
Director of Photography
Alex Thomson
Original Music Composer
Charles Gross
Editor
Dennis M. O'Connor

Details

Release date
1980-02-02
Runtime
45m
Genres
Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, TV Movie
Original language
EN
Spoken languages
English
Countries
United States of America
Production
Highgate Pictures