King Solomon's Treasure

King Solomon's Treasure (1979)

The story of a fantastic journey into the heart of Africa a century ago...

Three adventurers lead an expedition into darkest Africa in search of the treasure of King Solomon, and on the way encounter hostile natives, volcanoes, dinosaurs and a lost Phoenician city ruled by a beautiful queen.

Date of release
1979-05-31
TMDB
4.9 / 10 (4)
Runtime
1h 28m
Genres
Fantasy, Adventure
Director
Alvin Rakoff

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Based on: Allan Quatermain

King Solomon's Treasure is a 1979 British-Canadian low-budget film based on the novels King Solomon's Mines (1885) and Allan Quatermain (1887) by H. Rider Haggard. It stars John Colicos as Allan Quatermain, as well as David McCallum, Britt Ekland, and Patrick Macnee who replaced Terry-Thomas.

Production

McCallum later said he did the film "because I got to go to Swaziland... the movie is something you'll have to see on a plane or on late night television."

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