King Solomon's Treasure

King Solomon's Treasure
Directed by Alvin Rakoff
Produced by Susan A. Lewis
Alvin Rakoff
executive
Harry Alan Towers
Screenplay by Allan Prior
Colin Turner
Based on Allan Quatermain
by H. Rider Haggard
Starring John Colicos
David McCallum
Patrick Macnee
Britt Ekland
Music by Lew Lehman
Cinematography Paul Van der Linden
Edited by Stan Cole
Production
company
Canafox
Gold Key TV
Towers of London Productions
Distributed by Gold Key Entertainment (US)
Scotia-Barber (UK)
Release date
  • 1979 (1979) (UK)
Running time
 88 minutes
Country Canada
United Kingdom
Language English
Budget C$1,200,000

King Solomon's Treasure is a 1979 British-Canadian low-budget film based on the novels King Solomon's Mines and Allan Quatermain by H. Rider Haggard. It stars John Colicos as Allan Quatermain, as well as David McCallum, Britt Ekland, and Patrick Macnee who replaced Terry-Thomas.[1]

Cast

Production

McCallum later said he did the film "because I got to go to Swaziland... the movie is something you'll have to see on a plane or on late night television."[2]

Reception

TV Guide had this to say about the film: "The cast of seasoned veterans (McCallum, Macnee, Ekland) contribute embarrassingly bad performances. Surprisingly, though, the photography—the film is shot on location in Africa as well as in London and Canadian studios—is not bad at all."[3]

A 1979 article said the film "never saw the light of day".[4]

References

  1. ↑ "King Solomon's Treasure". 1 June 1979. Retrieved 19 July 2016 – via IMDb.
  2. ↑ Hurlburt, Roger (March 16, 1986). "The Man From T.h.e.a.t.e.r. David Mccallum Is Glad He Left Television After The Man From U.n.c.l.e. In 1968 And Returned To The Stage". Sun Sentinel.
  3. ↑ "King Solomon's Treasure: Review". TVGuide.com. Retrieved 2013-03-14.
  4. ↑ Whittaker, H. (1979, Dec 31). HERBERT WHITTAKER former torontonians meet again. The Globe and Mail Retrieved from https://search-proquest-com.ezproxy.sl.nsw.gov.au/docview/386875958?accountid=13902


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