Carib Gold

Carib Gold (1956)

The lure of gold - the devil's curse!

The hard-working but struggling crew of a shrimp boat discover a sunken treasure. Trouble ensues in this dramatic black-cast production.

Date of release
1956-09-30
TMDB
5.5 / 10 (2)
Runtime
1h 11m
Genres
Drama
Director
Harold Young

Casting

Interesting facts

Carib Gold is a maritime-themed 1956 B-movie, written and filmed almost entirely in Key West, Florida, with locally-cast musicians and extras. Its cast is largely African-American headlined by Ethel Waters and features the first known film roles for both Geoffrey Holder and Cicely Tyson. The story was written by Navy veteran Charles Gossett.

Filming

With the exception of its underwater sequences, which were shot at the then newly constructed Miami Seaquarium, the movie was entirely shot in Key West, Florida in 1955. Many local residents were cast as musical and acting performers.

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