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The Gold Bug (TV)

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Original title

ABC Weekend Specials: The Gold Bug

Year

1980

Running time

45 min.

Country

United States

Director

Robert Fuest

Screenwriter

Edward Pomerantz. Novel: Edgar Allan Poe

Cast

Music

Charles Gross

Cinematography

Alex Thomson

Producer

Highgate Pictures, Learning Corporation of America

Genre

Adventure | TV Movie. Sea Adventures. Family-friendly. Half-length Film

Movie Groups

Edgar Allan Poe Adaptations

Synopsis

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.

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The Gold Bug (TV)

1980

Robert Fuest