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Falcon's Gold (1982) Online
Original Title :
Falconu0027s Gold
Genre :
Movie / Adventure
Year :
1982
Directror :
Bob Schulz
Cast :
John Marley,Simon MacCorkindale,Stevie Vallance
Writer :
Arthur Conan Doyle,Olaf Pooley
Budget :
$1,500,000
Type :
Movie
Time :
1h 36min
Rating :
5.4/10
Falcon's Gold (1982) Online

An archaeologist travels to Mexico to investigate rumors of the discovery of the ancient statue of a fertility goddess.
Cast overview, first billed only:
John Marley John Marley - Christopher Falcon
Simon MacCorkindale Simon MacCorkindale - Hank Richards
Stevie Vallance Stevie Vallance - Tracy Falcon (as Louise Vallance)
Blanca Guerra Blanca Guerra - B.G. Alvarez
George Touliatos George Touliatos - Murdoch
Jorge Reynoso Jorge Reynoso - Marquez
Roger Cudney Roger Cudney - Hathaway
Martin LaSalle Martin LaSalle - Sanchez
Enrique Lucero Enrique Lucero - Wadu
Jorge Santoyo Jorge Santoyo - Brother Juan
José Chávez José Chávez - Garcia (as José Chávez Trowe)
Pedro Montero Pedro Montero - Abbot
Salvador Godínez Salvador Godínez - Brother Ignatius
Lorraine Chanel Lorraine Chanel - Museum Secretary
Harry Kopoian Harry Kopoian - Lt. Cardenas

On the cover it seems that B.G. is attacked by a snake, but in the movie Tracey is the one that gets attacked.

A TV movie made for the Showtime/Movie Channel network.


User reviews

Eigonn

Eigonn

A made for tv movie as Simon MacCorkindale goes into South America and must overcome all manner of obstacles (including surprising amount of naked women, for a tv movie) in order to find the treasure he is looking for.
Dorintrius

Dorintrius

Ostensibly the initial Canadian produced film that was intended for pay television, this dreck could not have developed a sense of entitlement within its creators, since it fails to entertain a viewer and it is apparent throughout the piece that creative cinematic values are subservient to what may have been intended to be a pastiche, leaving one to wonder as to what, if anything, could be the movie's purpose. The plot, stated to have some basis in a story by Arthur Conan Doyle, bears upon a search for an aggregation of ten meteorite fragments, believed to be somewhere in a Mexican jungle, the stones said to possess properties essential in the construction of an overwhelmingly potent laser-based military weapon. A reporter avid for a journalistic scoop (Simon McCorkindale), along with an archaeologist (John Marley), head an expedition to locate the stones, accompanied, as will be expected, by two young females (Louise Vallance/Blanca Guerra) and upon nearing their target, they meet competition from a reptilian arms dealer. This picture does not succeed as satire, as an adventure, or for that matter in any mode, the acting being uninspired with both McCorkindale and Guerra doffing their apparel often, a poor aesthetic choice here, and since stunt performers occupy a good deal of the screen time, in the end one perceives clearly that the need for a sounder script should have received priority over stunt work. Filmed in Mexico and with an adequate budget, the film is advantaged with the efforts of Laszlo George as cinematographer, and editor Ralph Brunjes, but flaccid direction, an inane scenario and sloppy post-production efforts convert what was possibly intended as an old-fashioned adventure tale into an unintended farce; a correct action would have been to keep this mess in its can.