- A Prize of Gold
Infobox_Film
name = A Prize of Gold
amg_id =
imdb_id = 0048514
producer =Irving Allen Albert R. Broccoli
Phil C. Samuel
director =Mark Robson
writer =Robert Buckner John Paxton
starring =Richard Widmark Mai Zetterling Nigel Patrick George Cole
music =Malcolm Arnold
cinematography =Ted Moore
editing = William Lewthwaite
distributor =Columbia Studios
released =October 14 1955
country = USA
runtime = 100 minutes
language = English"A Prize of Gold" is a 1955
adventure film which follows an officer motivated by love and compassion to begin a life of crime.Plot
Sergeant Joe Lawrence (Widmark) is an American Army officer who, while stationed in
Berlin shortly after the end ofWorld War II , falls in love with Maria (Zetterling), a refugee. Maria is trying to raise enough money to move a group of German orphans to South America, where they can start life anew. Joe wants to help her, and with his buddies Sergeant Roger Morris (Cole) and Brian Hammell (Patrick), Joe plans a daring robbery. A fortune in gold is being transferred toEngland fromGermany via military transport, and the trio intend to hijack the plane. While the robbery goes off almost as planned, the three participants begin to have second thoughts about what to do with their ill-gotten gains.Cast
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Richard Widmark as Sergeant Joe Lawrence
*Mai Zetterling as Maria
*Nigel Patrick as Brian Hammell
*George Cole as Sergeant Roger Morris
*Donald Wolfit as Alfie Stratton
*Joseph Tomelty as Uncle Dan Watson
*Andrew Ray as Conrad
*Karel Stepanek as Dr. Zachmann
*Robert Ayres as Tex
*Eric Pohlmann as Fischer
*Olive Sloane as MavisExternal links
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