A young man desperately in love with a nightclub singer sees an opportunity to spend some time alone with her when they're traveling through the Nevada gold country, and he takes the carburetor off her car and throws it in the river, stranding them there. They wind up staying at the cabin of a crusty old prospector, and soon the manager of a nightclub act shows up with his bevy of beautiful showgirls.
Is it worth your time? Look, if you want a tight, logical script, keep walking. You’ll probably hate Wild Gold if you need your characters to make sense or act like actual human beings. But, if you’re like me and enjoy watching a movie slowly unravel while trapped in a desert cabin, you might get a kick out of this. It...
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Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.
George Marshall
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"Is it worth your time? Look, if you want a tight, logical script, keep walking. You’ll probably hate Wild Gold if you need your characters to make sense or act like actual human beings. But, if you’re like me and enjoy watching a movie slowly unravel while trapped in a desert cabin, you might get a kick out of this. It’s the kind of film where the protagonist thinks destroying someone’s car is a grand romantic gesture. It is, of course, just plain creepy. But you keep watching because you just h..."
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Henry Johnson, Lamar Trotti, Dudley Nichols, Norman S. Hall, Lester Cole, Harry Fried
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