A Prize of Gold

A Prize of Gold

14/10/1955 1h 38m 5.4/10

Overview

A U.S. sergeant, a British sergeant and a British pilot hijack gold for a German refugee's war orphans.

Director

Mark Robson

Top Billed Cast

Richard Widmark

Richard Widmark

Sgt. Joe Lawrence

George Cole

George Cole

Sgt. Roger Morris

Mai Zetterling

Mai Zetterling

Maria

Nigel Patrick

Nigel Patrick

Brian Hammell

Donald Wolfit

Donald Wolfit

Alfie Stratton

Joseph Tomelty

Joseph Tomelty

Uncle Dan

Reviews

CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

4/4/2022

6/10

Richard Widmark was sometimes quite good in his more edgy, grittier parts - but shove him in an uniform and he is really just a pretty boy - like he is here. When a cache of gold is discovered by some remarkably honest folks dredging a river in Berlin, it is turned over to the joint British and American authorities and "Joe" (Widmark) is charged with shifting it. Meantime, he and his pal "Morris" (George Cole) have their jeep pinched by a youngster. Giving chase, he arrives at a bombed-out building being used as a makeshift orphanage by "Maria" (Mai Zetterling) and "Dr. Zachmann" (Karel Stepanek). He wants to help, and so with his pal and a pretty ruthless "Hammell" (Nigel Patrick) finds a way to divert the gold and... Donald Wolfit is quite effective as the pretty devious "Alfie", but the rest of this blurs a decent adventure caper with too much romance and Widmark really isn't on very good firm. The dialogue is wordy and rambling and though the ending is rather befitting - for Patrick anyway, it is all just a bit routine and humdrum.

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