The Golden Head

1964 film by Richard Thorpe, James Hill

Richard Thorpe
James Hill

Written by

Iván Boldizsár
Stanley Goulder
Roger Windle Pilkington

Produced by

Alexander Paal
William R. Forman

Starring

George Sanders
Buddy Hackett
Jess Conrad
Lorraine Power

Edited byFrank ClarkeMusic bySzabolcs FényesDistributed byHungarofilm
Metro Goldwyn Mayer

Release date

10 December 1964 (1964-12-10)

Running time

105 minutes (Hungary)Countries

United States
Hungary

Languages

English
Hungarian

The Golden Head is a 1964 American-Hungarian comedy film directed by Richard Thorpe and James Hill and starring George Sanders, Buddy Hackett, Jess Conrad, Lorraine Power and Robert Coote.^[1]

Plot

Michael Stevenson, the famous English crime expert, travels to Hungary for an international crime conference, where he also takes his family. While he is at the conference, his family members visit cities along their route. In the meantime, the priceless golden head of St. Ladislaus is stolen, and suspicion turns to the Stevenson children. The children embark on an investigation to prove their innocence.

Cast

George Sanders as Basil Palmer
Buddy Hackett as Lionel Pack
Jess Conrad as Michael Stevenson
Lorraine Power as Milly Stevenson
Robert Coote as Braithwaite
Denis Gilmore as Harold Stevenson
Cecília Esztergályos as Anne
Douglas Wilmer as Detective Inspector Stevenson
Sándor Pécsi as Priest
Zoltán Makláry as Old Man

Production

Its Hungarian title is Az aranyfej. It was shot on location in Hungary in the Super Technirama 70 process, and was loosely based on the novel Nepomuk of the River by Roger Windle Pilkington. Lionel Jeffries and Hayley Mills were originally attached to the project. James Hill was the original director, but was replaced by Richard Thorpe during shooting.^[2]

Home media

The Golden Head was released in 2019 by Flicker Alley in a Region 1/A dual DVD/Blu-ray edition. It is presented in "Smilebox" format, simulating the original cinema showings on wide Cinerama screens.^[3]

References

^ BFI.org
^ "DVD Talk: The Golden Head".
^ Flicker Alley

External links

The Golden Head at IMDb

Films directed by James Hill

The Clue of the Missing Ape (1953)
Giuseppina (1960)
The Kitchen (1961)
Lunch Hour (1961)
The Dock Brief (1962)
The Home-Made Car (1963)
The Golden Head (1964)
Every Day's a Holiday (1965)
A Study in Terror (1965)
Born Free (1966)
The Peking Medallion (1967)
Captain Nemo and the Underwater City (1969)
Journey into Darkness (1969)
An Elephant Called Slowly (1969)
The Man from O.R.G.Y. (1970)
Black Beauty (1971)
The Belstone Fox (1973)

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