The Gold Bug

February. 02,1980

Rating：

7.3

Genre：

Adventure Fantasy Drama

Keywords：

Based On Short Story

Trailer Synopsis Cast

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.

Roberts Blossom as Mr. LeGrand

Geoffrey Holder as Jupiter

Anthony Michael Hall as The Boy

Sudie Bond as Agnes

Anne Haney as Jessica Bessop

Alix Elias as Barmaid

Philip Bruns as Tattoo

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Reviews

Hayden Kane

1980/02/02

There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

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Griff Lees

1980/02/03

Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.

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Aneesa Wardle

1980/02/04

The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

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Derrick Gibbons

1980/02/05

An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

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