A Prize of Gold
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| A Prize of Gold | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Mark Robson |
| Produced by | Irving Allen Albert R. Broccoli Phil C. Samuel |
| Written by | Robert Buckner John Paxton |
| Starring | Richard Widmark Mai Zetterling Nigel Patrick George Cole |
| Music by | Malcolm Arnold |
| Cinematography | Ted Moore |
| Editing by | William Lewthwaite |
| Distributed by | Columbia Studios |
| Release date(s) | October 14, 1955 |
| Running time | 100 minutes |
| Country |  United States |
| Language | English |
| IMDb profile | |
A Prize of Gold is a 1955 adventure film which follows an officer motivated by love and compassion to begin a life of crime.
[edit] Plot
Sergeant Joe Lawrence (Widmark) is an American Army officer who, while stationed in Berlin shortly after the end of World War II, falls in love with Maria (Zetterling), a refugee. Maria is trying to raise enough money to move a group of German orphans to South America, where they can start life anew. Joe wants to help her, and with his buddies Sergeant Roger Morris (Cole) and Brian Hammell (Patrick), Joe plans a daring robbery. A fortune in gold is being transferred from England to Germany via military transport, and the trio intend to hijack the plane. While the robbery goes off as planned, the three participants begin to have second thoughts about what to do with their ill-gotten gains.
[edit] Cast
- Richard Widmark as Sergeant Joe Lawrence
- Mai Zetterling as Maria
- Nigel Patrick as Brian Hammell
- George Cole as Sergeant Roger Morris
- Donald Wolfit as Alfie Stratton
- Joseph Tomelty as Uncle Dan Watson
- Andrew Ray as Conrad
- Karel Stepanek as Dr. Zachmann
- Robert Ayres as Tex
- Eric Pohlmann as Fischer
- Olive Sloane as Mavis
