Midas Run

Midas Run (UK title A Run on Gold) is a 1969 American comedy film directed by Alf Kjellin and starring Richard Crenna, Anne Heywood and, in one of his final big-screen roles, Fred Astaire.[3] It was shot at the Tirrenia Studios in Tuscany. Location shooting took place in London, Venice, Milan and Rome.

Midas Run
Film poster
Directed byAlf Kjellin
Produced bySelig J. Seligman
Raymond Stross
Written byRonald Austin
James Buchanan
Berne Giler
StarringRichard Crenna, Fred Astaire
Music byElmer Bernstein
CinematographyKenneth Higgins
Edited byFredric Steinkamp
Production
company
Selmur Pictures
Motion Pictures International[1]
Distributed byCinerama Releasing
Release date
  • April 30, 1969 (1969-04-30)
[1]
Running time
106 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$1.1 million[2]
Box office$500,000[2]

Plot

Pedley, retiring from the British Secret Service, can't understand why he hasn't yet been knighted. He devises an elaborate heist of an airplane cargo, recruiting Mike Warden, a writer from America, although his real aim is to capture the elusive General Ferranti.

Warden travels to Italy to assume control of the scheme along with Pedley's accomplice Sylvia Giroux, with whom he soon falls in love. They are arrested, but Pedley comes to their rescue just in time.

Cast

Reception

The film earned rentals of $300,000 in North America and $200,000 in other countries. After all costs were deducted it recorded a loss of $1,515,000.[2]

See also

References
  1. Midas Run at the American Film Institute Catalog
  2. "ABC's 5 Years of Film Production Profits & Losses", Variety, May 31, 1973 p 3
  3. Weiler, A. H. "New York Times: Midas Run". NY Times. Archived from the original on June 17, 2008. Retrieved August 30, 2008.


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