"Chercheurs d'or" (1996) TV mini-series

User Rating:

4.7/10   

Director:

Marc Simenon

Writers:

Gérard Bitton (dialogue)
Denis Héroux (writer)

Release Date:

7 September 1996 (France)

Genre:

Adventure

Plot Keywords:

TV Mini-Series | Based On Novel

Cast

Wadeck Stanczak	...	Belliou / Smoke Bellew
Michaël Lamport	...	Shorty
Michèle-Barbara Pelletier	...	Joy
Jean-Guy Bouchard	...	Big Olaf
Lorne Brass	...	Stine
Serge Houde	...	Sprague
Richard Moll
James Bradford
François-Eric Gendron	...	Von Schroeder
Jack Langedijk	...	Sitka Charlie
Peter Colvey	...	Sergeant Consadine
Cécile Pallas	...	Lucille
Roland Giraud	...	Cultus George
Yaniko Palis	...	Jones
Daniel Gélin	...	Wildwater Bill

Also Known As:

"Adventures of Smoke Bellew" (Canada: English title) (International: English title)
"Jack London's Wilderness Tales" (International: English title)

Runtime:

95 min (4 episodes)

Country:

France | Canada

Language:

French

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Company:

Cinévidéo Plus

French version of part of a Jack London novel

This film takes many annoying liberties with the novel, most notably making the hero come from France instead of San Francisco. Its musical score is remarkably cheesy, making it seem like a kid's movie made in the 70's. But the locations and what's left of London's storytelling make it watchable. And who was the gorgeous actress who played the dance-hall singer? I couldn't figure it out from the credits. From the montage at the beginning, it seemed like this was part of a French miniseries, where they showed scenes from some of the other episodes of the book that would have been more interesting than this one.