Gold (1974) starring Roger Moore directed by Peter Hunt

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• Golrush007 South AfricaPosts: 3,421Quartermasters

  September 2012

  A few years ago DVDs of 'Gold' were given away free with The Mail on Sunday in the UK and I got one of those copies (in anamorphic widescreen!) I enjoyed the film as a bit of light entertainment. Moore was good, and I thought he had good chemistry with his co-star Susannah York. Some great supporting actors too - John Gielgud, Bradford Dillman and Simon Sabela (as a South African, I think its great to see a nice role for a black South African actor in an old film).
  
  Of course, it is directed by Peter Hunt, and it has a Maurice Binder title sequence! Lots for the Bond fan to enjoy here!
• Thunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent

  September 2012

  Haven't seen it in years. Roger Moore plays it straight with little comedy.
  It's got a good story and Cast. Might be a little dated by todays standards.
  If only Moore had played Bond more like the Movies he did ouside the series.
  as in The wild geese & Gold.

  "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
• Napoleon Plural LondonPosts: 10,467MI6 Agent

  September 2012

  It's a poor man's Wild Geese, but not too bad. I think Moore is one of those actors, like Hugh Grant, who has a hollow centre and needs other people to support him and bring out the best in him. He's okay in it but a bit bland. Young looking, he looks his best in this film actually, unlike in TMWTGG where he seems very smug for much of it. Hunt should have directed that one really, would have given it a harder edge, though of course he'd have been damned in the public eye for doing two 'failed' Bond films then...
  
  A sexy bathroom scene with Miss York.
  
  I too got the Mail on Sunday version.

  "This is where we leave you Mr Bond."
  
  Roger Moore 1927-2017