The Gold Bug (1980)
• February 2nd, 1980 • 0h 45min
Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, TV Movie
Overview
Shortly after the Civil War, while exploring the long deserted and reputedly haunted Sullivan's Island off Charleston S.C., a boy encounters two obsessed eccentrics living there. These men chase him away and warn him never to return or to tell anyone about them. Soon, however, they locate him and summon him back, because he has unknowingly given them a clue vital to their quest and they need his help to unravel the rest of the mystery. If he can do so, they will find buried pirate treasure and all become rich. But in joining the search, he falls under the same obsession and curse -- an ominous fate suggested by the unearthly electronic music which contributes to the film's atmosphere.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
Shanghai Express
Released on: 1932-02-12
Drama, Romance, War, Crime, History
A beautiful temptress re-kindles an old romance while trying to escape her past during a tension-pac...
Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl
Released on: 1919-05-13
Drama, Romance
The love story of an abused English girl and a Chinese Buddhist in a time when London was a brutal a...
The Man Who Would Be King
Released on: 1975-12-03
Adventure, Drama
Tired of life as soldiers, Peachy Carnehan and Danny Dravot travel to the isolated land of Kafirista...
Kára plná bolesti
Released on: 1986-02-01
Drama
War takes its cruel toll, which everyone must pay. It hits a small Slovak village especially hard, w...
Rebel Without a Cause
Released on: 1955-10-27
Drama
After moving to a new town, troublemaking teen Jim Stark is supposed to have a clean slate, although...
Rashomon
Released on: 1950-08-26
Crime, Drama, Mystery
Four people recount different versions of the story of a man's murder and the rape of his wife.
Hanele
Released on: 1999-11-04
Drama, Romance
Based on an autobiographical novella by Ivan Olbracht, the film tells the story of Hanele Safarová, ...
The Exit Room
Released on: 2013-04-20
Drama, Science Fiction, Thriller
Imprisoned journalist Joseph Michaels faces a government execution during a future American Revoluti...
Ursula
Released on: 1961-01-01
Horror, Drama
Young Ursula plays in a tree and ruins her fancy dress. Her elderly mother teaches her a cruel lesso...
All About Eve
Released on: 1950-11-09
Drama
From the moment she glimpses her idol at the stage door, Eve Harrington is determined to take the re...
Columbus Docks To The Shore
Released on: 1967-01-01
Animation, TV Movie
Self-confident and eccentric Columbus lands on the American shore in the 20th century.
Duel
Released on: 1971-11-13
Action, Thriller, TV Movie
Traveling businessman David Mann angers the driver of a rusty tanker while crossing the California d...
Přízrak
Released on: 1988-08-27
Crime, Thriller, TV Movie
A thrilling detective story based on a short story by writer Hana Prošková takes place shortly after...
House in the Snow-Drifts
Released on: 1927-04-01
Drama
An adaptation of Evgenii Zamiatin’s short story “The Cave,” about a musician dying of hunger in his ...
Harvey's Dream
Released on: 2016-01-13
Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A typical Saturday morning for an unhappily married couple decades into their lives together becomes...
Eine kleine Jazzmusik
Released on: 1996-07-01
Drama
The story of student love in the most difficult times, because even during the Protectorate, young p...
Two Lovers
Released on: 2008-11-19
Drama, Romance
A depressed man moves back in with his parents following a recent heartbreak and finds himself with ...