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A Prize of Gold

A Prize of Gold

  • Status: Released
  • 14-10-1955
  • Runtime: 98 min
  • Score: 5.4
  • Vote count: 8

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

Richard Widmark

Sgt. Joe Lawrence

Mai Zetterling

Maria

Nigel Patrick

Brian Hammell

George Cole

Sgt. Roger Morris

Donald Wolfit

Alfie Stratton

Joseph Tomelty

Uncle Dan

Andrew Ray

Conrad

Karl Stepanek

Dr. Zachmann

Robert Ayres

Tex

Eric Pohlmann

Hans Fischer

Olive Sloane

Mavis

Alan Gifford

Maj. Bracken

Ivan Craig

British Officer

Harry Towb

Benny

Leslie Linder

Pole

Monika Kossmann

Lisa

Edelweiß Malchin

Girl on Plane

Erich Dunskus

Canal Foreman

Nelly Arno

German Landlady

John Witty

British Officer

Joel Riordan

Soldier

Marvin Kane

Soldier

Arnold Bell

Police Detective (uncredited)

Sam Kydd

Milkman (uncredited)

Carol White

German Refugee (uncredited)

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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.