The gold of the seven mountains

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Movie
German title The gold of the seven mountains
Original title Gold of the Seven Saints
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1960
length 88 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
Rod
Director Gordon Douglas
script Leigh Brackett
production Leonard Freeman
music Howard Jackson
camera Joseph F. Biroc
cut Folmar Blangsted
occupation

The Gold of the Seven Mountains is a 1960 American western directed by Gordon Douglas and starring Clint Walker and Roger Moore . The plot follows a novel by Steve Frazee .

action

Shaun and Jim are trappers in the wild west. By chance, the two of them find a huge amount of gold that they want to bring to Seven Saints on a packhorse . Unfortunately, the horse dies on the way, so Shaun rides to the next town to get a new one. However, when he tries to steal a horse, he is caught, but can buy his way out of the booty with a gold nugget . Jim is horrified because now a farmer and a lot of gangsters have heard of their luck and are trying to steal their new fortune from Jim and Shaun. The two go on the run.

background

The outdoor filming took place in Utah , near the city of Moab, Utah , where uranium was found a few years earlier , resulting in a camping town of around 4,000 people.

criticism

"Routine Westerners with an adventurous history of friendship and the questionability of sudden wealth."

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Roger Moore: The Autobiography: My Name is Bond ... James Bond IP Verlag, 2009, ISBN 978-3-931624-62-0 , p. 136
  2. The Gold of the Seven Mountains in the Lexicon of International Films

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