Plot
Arctic prospector Jack McCann (Gene Hackman), after fifteen years of solitary searching, becomes one of the world's wealthiest men when he literally falls into a mountain of gold in 1925. Twenty years later, in 1945, he lives in luxury on a Caribbean island that he owns. But his wealth brings him no peace of mind as he copes with Helen (Jane Lapotaire), his bored, alcoholic wife; Tracy (Theresa Russell), his dear, but headstrong, daughter who has married a dissolute, philandering social-climber; and Miami mobsters who want his island to build a casino. His life is entangled with the obsessions of those around him with greed, power, and debauchery against a background of occult symbolism.
Written by
Marshall Houts, Paul Mayersberg, Robert W. Service
Directed by
Nicolas Roeg
Crew
Production Countries
United States of America, United Kingdom
Production Companies
JF Productions, Recorded Picture Company, United Artists, Sunley Productions Ltd.
Languages
English
Awards
1 nomination