Gold is a 1974 British thriller film starring Roger Moore and Susannah York and directed by Peter R. Hunt.

Moore plays Rodney "Rod" Slater, general manager of a South African gold mine, who is instructed by his boss Steyner (Bradford Dillman) to break through an underground dike into what he is told is a rich seam of gold.

However, Steyner arranges for them to meet again, hoping Terry will influence her grandfather, Hurry Hirschfeld, Sonderditch's owner, to endorse Slater.

But to provide insurance against catastrophe, he plants a safety charge to block the tunnel in case of a water breakage.

Once there, Slater and Big King, a trusted indigenous worker, descend into the mine, braving flood waters, to reconnect the safety charge that will seal the dike and save the trapped miners.

They succeed, but only because Big King sacrifices his own life to detonate the charge, allowing Slater to fall injured into a rubber dinghy and float to safety.

[7] The New York Times said "Mr Smith, an adventure writer disdainful of subtleties, blasts his way to a finale strewn with broken bodies and orange blossoms.

MGM later withdrew from the project – they were pulling out of all production in Britain – and Klinger bought back rights to the novel and script.

[2] Producer Michael Klinger used a number of other people associated with James Bond films, including editor John Glen, production designer Syd Cain, titles designer Maurice Binder and director Peter Hunt.

Tony Klinger, assistant to the producer, said he tried to get Steven Spielberg to direct the movie after having been impressed by Duel.

[13] It was reported that the South African government was opposed to the film but Klinger said it was actually the mining industry.

[14] The British film union, ACTT, put a black ban on the movie because its members were forbidden to work in South Africa.

[1][12] Bradford Dillman later recalled "Susannah York, a militant liberal, used every publicity opportunity to deplore the conditions of the black miners, despite pleas from the producers to cool it.

[2] Klinger tried to sell the film to companies such as British Lion, Anglo-EMI, and Rank, but was rejected.

[2] The film had its world premiere on 5 September 1974 at the Odeon Leicester Square in London before opening to the public the following day.