Mother Lode
5.7
“The lure of Gold can make a man do anything. Anything.”
A couple of young adventurers go into the wilderness of British Columbia in search of a lost colleague. Their plane crashes and they find themselves at the mercy of a crazed old Scottish miner, who has lived in isolation for many decades searching the mountain caves for a chamber of long lost gold. He is prepared to do anything - including murder - to keep his gold for himself.
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Cast
7 people
Charlton Heston
Silas McGee / Ian McGee
Known for
Planet of the Apes
Ben-Hur
Kim Basinger
Andrea Spalding
Known for
8 Mile
Batman
Nick Mancuso
Jean Dupre
Known for
Under Siege
Rapid Fire
John Marley
Elijha
Known for
The Godfather
Love Story
Dale Wilson
Gerrard Elliot
Known for
Pucca
Spider-Man Unlimited
Rocky Zantolas
George Patterson
Marie George
Elijha's Wife
Charlton Heston Director · Fraser Clarke Heston Screenplay Kenneth Wannberg Composer
Budget $9M · United States release August 6, 1982 · Produced in United States
Box office
Budget
$9,000,000
Production
Agamemnon Films
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · August 6, 1982
Theatrical
Australia
September 23, 1982 · Theatrical
France
September 15, 1982 · Theatrical
January 3, 2023 · Physical · DVD & Blu-Ray
Germany
April 15, 1983 · Theatrical
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