The Gold Bug

Story

Synopsis

Shortly after the Civil War, while exploring the long deserted and reputedly haunted Sullivan's Island off Charleston S.C., a boy encounters two obsessed eccentrics living there. These men chase him away and warn him never to return or to tell anyone about them. Soon, however, they locate him and summon him back, because he has unknowingly given them a clue vital to their quest and they need his help to unravel the rest of the mystery. If he can do so, they will find buried pirate treasure and all become rich. But in joining the search, he falls under the same obsession and curse -- an ominous fate suggested by the unearthly electronic music which contributes to the film's atmosphere.

Director

Robert Fuest

Writers

Edgar Allan Poe, Edward Pomerantz

Language

English

Country

United States of America

Release date

2 February 1980

Ensemble

Cast

• 

  Roberts Blossom

  Mr. LeGrand

• 

  Geoffrey Holder

  Jupiter

• 

  Anthony Michael Hall

  The Boy

• Robert Moberly

  Uncle

• 

  Sudie Bond

  Agnes

• 

  Anne Haney

  Jessica Bessop

• 

  Alix Elias

  Barmaid

• 

  Philip Bruns

  Tattoo