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57% Critic Match
Mother Lode
“The lure of Gold can make a man do anything. Anything.”
5.7 / 10• 1982• 1h 43m•PG• English
ActionAdventureThriller
Storyline
A couple of young 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.
Cast & Crew
Charlton Heston
Silas McGee / Ian McGee
Lead
Kim Basinger
Andrea Spalding
Nick Mancuso
Jean Dupre
John Marley
Elijha
Dale Wilson
Gerrard Elliot
RZ
Rocky Zantolas
George Patterson
MG
Marie George
Elijha's Wife
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Charlton Heston's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Mother Lode is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
