Mother Lode

Aug 6, 1982

1h 43m

★ 5.5

The lure of Gold can make a man do anything. Anything.

Overview

A couple of youngish 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.

Genres

Action

Adventure

Thriller

Production Companies

Agamemnon Films

Mother Lode Trailers

Cast

Silas McGee / Ian McGee

Charlton Heston

Andrea Spalding

Kim Basinger

Jean Dupre

Nick Mancuso

Elijha

John Marley

Gerrard Elliot

Dale Wilson

George Patterson

Rocky Zantolas

Elijha's Wife

Marie George

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