Midas Run
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Director Alf Kjellin Producer Raymond Stross Duration Country United States | 5.6/10 IMDb Genre Comedy, Crime, Drama Cinematography Kenneth Higgins Language English | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Writer Ronald Austin , James Buchanan , Berne Giler Release date May 15, 1969 (1969-05-15) Cast Richard Crenna (Mike Warden), Anne Heywood (Sylvia Giroux), Fred Astaire (John Pedley), Ralph Richardson (Lord Henshaw), Cesar Romero (Carlo Dodero), Adolfo Celi (General Ferranti)Similar movies Fred Astaire appears in Midas Run and The Amazing Dobermans Tagline He had ten million dollars in gold. Now he has it. Then she got it. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Midas run 1969
Midas Run (UK title A Run on Gold) is a 1969 American comedy film directed by Alf Kjellin and starring Richard Crenna, Anne Heywood and, in one of his final big-screen roles, Fred Astaire.
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Plot
Pedley, retiring from the British Secret Service, can't understand why he hasn't yet been knighted. He devises an elaborate heist of an airplane cargo, recruiting Mike Warden, a writer from America, although his real aim is to capture the elusive General Ferranti.
Warden travels to Italy to assume control of the scheme along with Pedley's accomplice Sylvia Giroux, with whom he soon falls in love. They are arrested, but Pedley comes to their rescue just in time.
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Reception
The film earned rentals of $300,000 in North America and $200,000 in other countries. After all costs were deducted it recorded a loss of $1,515,000.
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Midas Run WikipediaMidas Run IMDb Midas Run themoviedb.org