- Wet Gold
Infobox Film
name = Wet Gold
caption = The DVD version of Wet Gold
director =Dick Lowry
producer =Bill Coker
writer =David Sherwin Otis Jones
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starring =Brooke Shields Burgess Meredith Thomas Byrd Brian Kerwin
music = Sylvester Levay
cinematography = James Pergola
editing = Artie Mandelberg
distributor = Telepictures Productions
released = 1984
runtime = 91 min
country =USA
language = English
budget =
gross =
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amg_id = 1:53971
imdb_id = 0088390" Wet Gold" (1984) marked the
television movie debut of actress-modelBrooke Shields . It was directed byDick Lowry .Tagline
* Greed. Lust. Fortune.
Main cast
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Brooke Shields - Laura
*Burgess Meredith - Sampson
*Thomas Byrd - Chris Barnes
*Brian Kerwin - Ben KeatingPlot summary
"Wet Gold" is the story of Laura, a young café waitress dreaming of owning a piano. Laura stumbles across Sampson, a drunk eldery man who fills her with exciting stories of a boat that sank with millions of dollars in gold. Although Chris Barnes, Laura's boyfriend, keeps telling her that Sampson's stories are all false, Sampson makes her believe that they are indeed true. Laura takes Sampson to a library, where she finds on old a newspaper article that matches up the events he described.
After becoming a true believer, Laura convinces Barnes, Sampson and Ben Keating, an experienced sea diver, to search for the treasure. Together they set off from Key West in the baker's boat that Barnes is supposed to be looking after. Keating shows a liking for Laura, and because of this, Barnes begins to feel uncomfortable with him. After spending some time in the water, their dreams become reality, but the discovery of gold begins to change their personalities. Tensions fill the air as passions rise in the wake of greed and jealousy for both the fortune and Laura.
Ratings
When "Wet Gold" premiered on ABC-TV on Sunday, October 28, 1984, it was the highest rated network TV program in its 9-11PM time slot. But when it repeated on Sunday December 21, 1986, it was the lowest rated network TV program of the evening. The highest rated one was NBC-TV's holiday special "Bob Hope's Bagful Of Christmas Cheer", on which Hope's co-stars included "Wet Gold" star
Brooke Shields .
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