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The Way to the Gold

  • 19571957
  • 1h 34m
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6.0/10
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Jeffrey Hunter in The Way to the Gold (1957)
  • Adventure
  • Crime
  • Drama
An old inmate tells his cellmate, who's up for parole, about the location of a 35-year old gold loot and the released convict goes looking for it in Arizona.An old inmate tells his cellmate, who's up for parole, about the location of a 35-year old gold loot and the released convict goes looking for it in Arizona.An old inmate tells his cellmate, who's up for parole, about the location of a 35-year old gold loot and the released convict goes looking for it in Arizona.
IMDb RATING
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  • Director
    • Robert D. Webb
  • Writers
    • Wendell Mayes(screenplay)
    • Wilbur Daniel Steele(novel)
  • Stars
    • Jeffrey Hunter
    • Sheree North
    • Barry Sullivan
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  • Director
    • Robert D. Webb
  • Writers
    • Wendell Mayes(screenplay)
    • Wilbur Daniel Steele(novel)
  • Stars
    • Jeffrey Hunter
    • Sheree North
    • Barry Sullivan
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    • 4User reviews
    • 1Critic review
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    Jeffrey Hunter and Sheree North in The Way to the Gold (1957)
    Jeffrey Hunter and Sheree North in The Way to the Gold (1957)
    Jeffrey Hunter and Sheree North in The Way to the Gold (1957)
    Jeffrey Hunter and Sheree North in The Way to the Gold (1957)

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    Jeffrey Hunter
    Jeffrey Hunter
    • Joe Mundyas Joe Mundy
    Sheree North
    Sheree North
    • Henrietta 'Hank' Clifford - waitressas Henrietta 'Hank' Clifford - waitress
    Barry Sullivan
    Barry Sullivan
    • Marshal Hannibalas Marshal Hannibal
    Walter Brennan
    Walter Brennan
    • Uncle George Williamsas Uncle George Williams
    Neville Brand
    Neville Brand
    • Little Brother Williamsas Little Brother Williams
    Jacques Aubuchon
    Jacques Aubuchon
    • Clem Williamsas Clem Williams
    Ruth Donnelly
    Ruth Donnelly
    • Mrs. Williamsas Mrs. Williams
    Tom Pittman
    Tom Pittman
    • Sid Songster Jr.as Sid Songster Jr.
    Philip Ahn
    Philip Ahn
    • Mr. Ding - cafe owneras Mr. Ding - cafe owner
    Geraldo Mandia
    • Brokawas Brokaw
    Ted Edwards
    • Sid Songster Sr.as Sid Songster Sr.
    Alan Jeffrey
    • Brokaw's driveras Brokaw's driver
    Ken Scott
    Ken Scott
    • Internas Intern
    Jonathan Hole
    Jonathan Hole
    • Mr. Feltonas Mr. Felton
    Frank Mazzola
    Frank Mazzola
    • Teenageras Teenager
    Marie Blake
    Marie Blake
    • Mrs. Lattimeras Mrs. Lattimer
    • (as Blossom Rock)
    Frank Eyman
    • Selfas Self
    Lou Hochstatter
    • Selfas Self
    • Director
      • Robert D. Webb
    • Writers
      • Wendell Mayes(screenplay)
      • Wilbur Daniel Steele(novel)
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    Storyline

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    Joe Mundy is being released from prison and an old convict, whom he has befriended, tells him the location of a stolen cache of gold. Leaving the prison, Joe is followed to Glendale, Arizona by Little Brother Williams. There Joe meets Henrietta Clifford, a waitress, who befriends him after he is badly beaten by Williams. Marshal Hannibal questions Joe, who is unable to identify his assailant. At the boarding house where Henrietta is staying, Joe meets Mrs. Williams and her sons, Little Brother and Clem. Mrs. Williams' husband had participated in the gold robbery but had been killed before he could reveal the location of the cache. Joe also encounters Uncle George, Mrs. Williams' eccentric brother. Joe and Henrietta leave town to find the gold and are followed by the marshal. The two come to a road where they find Mrs. Williams, her sons and Uncle George waiting for them with a shotgun, and order them to proceed to the gold. (But not before Joe is beaten up by Little Brother for the third time). As they come down out of the mountains they discover that the waters of Lake Mead have covered the valley in which the gold was hidden, as Hoover Dam has been built since the old convict entered the prison many years before. —Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>
    • prison
    • u.s. marshal
    • treasure hunt
    • based on novel
    • glendale arizona
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      • All roads lead to sweeping adventure and violent excitement on The Way to the Gold.
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      • Adventure
      • Crime
      • Drama
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    • Trivia
      This movie was originally meant to be an Elvis Presley vehicle, but Fox refused to pay the $250,000 plus 50% of the profits that Elvis' manager asked (Fox had offered $150,000 plus 50%).
    • Quotes

      Joe Mundy: What do I gotta do to get waited on?

      Henrietta 'Hank' Clifford, waitress: Wait.

    • Soundtracks
      Drive-In Rock
      Music by Lionel Newman

      Lyrics by Carroll Coates

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    6/10
    Williams Family Values
    Before leaving prison Jeffrey Hunter is told where a huge cache of buried gold, loot from a robbery that the old man who was Hunter's cell-mate stole and hid before he was caught. Hunter gets out with memorized directions on The Way To The Gold.

    This is a neat though low budget story of Hunter's quest for instant riches. His problem is that as it turns out when he gets to town he boards with a family named Williams whose relatives have a branch that we see over in Deliverance. There's Mama Ruth Donnelly, her fine scholarly cosmopolitan sons Jacques Aubuchon and Neville Brand and crazy old Uncle Walter Brennan. Donnelly's husband and Brennan's brother was in on the job, but he was killed and they've spent close to thirty years looking for the loot.

    Hunter's only friend is hash house slinging waitress Sheree North who also boards with the inbreds. And there's a very shrewd sheriff played by Barry Sullivan who's just watching and waiting to see how things break.

    The Way To The Gold is a really good film despite what I think was a miscast Jeffrey Hunter. Hunter was too white bread for the part of an ex-con. Paul Newman or Steve McQueen would have feasted on this part.

    And you'll love the genteel family Williams.
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    • May 20, 2013

    Details

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    • Release date
      • May 10, 1957 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Die Spur zum Gold
    • Filming locations
      • Hoover Dam, Arizona-Nevada Border, USA
    • Production company
      • Twentieth Century Fox
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    • Budget
      • $920,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 34 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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