King Solomon's Treasure

King Solomon's Treasure
Film poster
Directed by	Alvin Rakoff
Produced by	Susan A. Lewis Alvin Rakoff Harry Alan Towers
Screenplay by	Allan Prior Colin Turner
Based on	King Solomon's Mines by H. Rider Haggard
Starring	John Colicos David McCallum Patrick Macnee Britt Ekland
Music by	Lew Lehman
Cinematography	Paul Van der Linden
Edited by	Stan Cole
Production company	Canafox Gold Key TV Towers of London Productions
Distributed by	Gold Key Entertainment (US) Scotia-Barber (UK)
Release dates	1979 (1979) (UK)
Running time	88 minutes
Country	Canada United Kingdom
Language	English
Budget	C$1,200,000

King Solomon's Treasure is a 1979 British-Canadian low-budget film based on the novels King Solomon's Mines and Allan Quatermain by H. Rider Haggard. It stars John Colicos as Allan Quatermain, as well as David McCallum, Britt Ekland, and Patrick Macnee who replaced Terry-Thomas.^[1]

Cast

David McCallum as Sir Henry Curtis
John Colicos as Allan Quatermain
Patrick Macnee as Captain John Good R.N.
Britt Ekland as Queen Nyleptha
Yvon Dufour as Alphonse
Ken Gampu as Umslopogaas
Wilfrid Hyde-White as Oldest Club Member
John Quentin as Stetopatris
Véronique Béliveau as Neva
Sam Williams as High Priest
Hugh Rouse as Reverend MacKenzie
Fiona Fraser as Mrs. Mackenzie
Camilla Hutton as Flossie
John Boylan as Club member
Ian De Voy as Club member

Reception

TV Guide had this to say about the film: "The cast of seasoned veterans (McCallum, Macnee, Ekland) contribute embarrassingly bad performances. Surprisingly, though, the photography—the film is shot on location in Africa as well as in London and Canadian studios—is not bad at all."^[2]

References

↑ "King Solomon's Treasure". 1 June 1979. Retrieved 19 July 2016 – via IMDb.
↑ "King Solomon's Treasure: Review". TVGuide.com. Retrieved 2013-03-14.

External links

H. Rider Haggard's King Solomon's Mines

Characters	Allan Quatermain Sir Henry Curtis José Silvestre

Sequels & prequels	Allan Quatermain (1887) Maiwa's Revenge (1888) Allan's Wife (1889) Marie (1912) Child of Storm (1913) Allan and the Holy Flower (1915) The Ivory Child (1916) Finished (1917) The Ancient Allan (1920) She and Allan (1921) Allan and the Ice Gods (1927)

Films	King Solomon's Mines (1937) King Solomon's Mines (1950) Watusi (1959 sequel) King Solomon's Treasure (1979) King Solomon's Mines (1985) Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold (1986) King Solomon's Mines (2004) Allan Quatermain and the Temple of Skulls (2008)

Related	The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen

The films of Alvin Rakoff

Passport to Shame (1958) The Treasure of San Teresa (1959) World in My Pocket (1961) The Comedy Man (1964) Crossplot (1969) Say Hello to Yesterday (1971) Hoffman (1971) Three Dangerous Ladies (1977) City on Fire (1979) King Solomon's Treasure (1979) Death Ship (1980) Dirty Tricks (1981)

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