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Released
1982 · FILM

Mother Lode

The lure of Gold can make a man do anything. Anything.

Directed by
Written by
Runtime
103 min
AdventureDramaMystery
Streaming on
  • Prime Video

Synopsis

A couple of young adventurers go into the wilderness of British Columbia in search of a lost colleague. Their plane crashes and they find themselves at the mercy of a crazed old Scottish miner, who has lived in isolation for many decades searching the mountain caves for a chamber of long lost gold. He is prepared to do anything - including murder - to keep his gold for himself.

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Principal cast & crew: 13

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Craft leads on file

Edited by Eric Boyd PerkinsShot by Richard LeitermanScored by Kenneth WannbergDesigned by Douglas Higgins

Also known as

  • Goldfieberde
  • Search for the Mother Lode: The Last Great Treasureen
  • Duelo en las profundidadeses
  • La Fièvre de l'orfr
  • I predatori della vena d'oroit

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