Gold Page #4

Synopsis: Rod Slater is the newly appointed general manager of the Sonderditch gold mine, but he stumbles across an ingenious plot to flood the mine, by drilling into an underground lake, so the unscrupulous owners to make a killing in the international gold market.
Director(s): Peter R. Hunt
Production: SCHRAMM FILM Koerner & Weber
  Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
5.7
PG
Year:
1974
120 min
178 Views


I think Slater is the best man.

It'd take some

of the pressure off me,

give me more time to be with you.

You could help me convince HH

about him.

It's none of my business.

Perhaps, but he listens

to your hunches about people.

Please...

tell HH you liked him.

How many dropouts today?

They're not bad. Only about 10%

are not fit to go under.

Why they'd do it beats me.

For the money, like the rest of us.

I don't want any arguments. I want

the drilling reports by Monday.

Miss Brown, no more calls.

I'm going underground.

You fool, I told you to go left.

You want to ruin my stope?

- No, boss, you...

- Don't argue with me, ignorant...

You leave him.

Why? Is he your boyfriend?

Drop it, Kowalski.

Drop it.

King, take him to first aid.

You vicious bastard.

You hit them

because they can't hit back.

I hit them,

what do you do?

Kiss them.

Kowalski! Kowalski!

Kowalski!

The next time you touch a face

darker than mine, you're out!

How is he?

Nothing broken.

King,

you want to transfer?

Yeah, Jimmy does too.

Tex is looking for a new busboy

go to him. Mario!

Yes, boss.

Take Jimmy too.

I like that.

Thank you, Mr. Slater.

This helmet is given in recognition

of courage shown underground

in the saving of human life.

With the helmet, goes a pension

of 120 Rand per annum for life.

While we regret the tragic accident

which cost the lives of our men

and, above all, the loss of our

esteemed colleague Frank Lemmer.

We must pay tribute to those men

whose quick action and resolution

averted further suffering

and distress.

We, of this mine, are especially

proud today to honor a man

whose indescribable courage

will be an example to us all.

For his part in saving three lives,

it's my pleasure to make this award

to John Nkulu,

better known to you as Big King.

Are you staying for the show?

I have to fly to Cape Town.

We can't.

It's years since I've seen it.

Why don't you stay? I'm sure

Mr. Slater will look after you.

I'm just sorry

you never come with us.

Do excuse me for a moment.

You do...

I'm sorry.

Aren't you going with your husband?

No, I rarely do.

He goes to meetings all the time.

I get bored.

Terry, I'm going home. I'm too old

to be standing around drinking.

Have you met Mr. Slater?

Not lately.

Good evening, sir.

I hear you were a hero too.

Not really, sir.

Modest, huh?

I better be going. Would you mind

seeing if my car is outside?

Excuse me.

You oughtn't to be drinking.

Stop nagging.

It's the first time I mention it.

That's nagging.

You know your husband wants Slater

to be general manager?

If Manfred thinks so,

he must be right for the job.

That's loyalty,

but what do you think of him?

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Wilbur Smith

Wilbur Addison Smith (born 9 January 1933) is a Zambian-born, novelist specialising in historical fiction about the international involvement in Southern Africa across four centuries, seen from the viewpoints of both black and white families. An accountant by training, he gained a film contract with his first published novel When the Lion Feeds. This encouraged him to become a full-time writer, and he developed three long chronicles of the South African experience which all became best-sellers. He still acknowledges his publisher Charles Pick's advice to "write about what you know best", and his work takes in much authentic detail of the local hunting and mining way of life, along with the romance and conflict that goes with it. As of 2014 his 35 published novels had sold more than 120 million copies, 24 million of them in Italy. more…

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