Hunter's Gold (1977)★ 6.9/10
- Action
- Adventure
- Family
- Western
Directed by: Tom Parkinson
Written by: Ken Catran, Roger Simpson
A 13 year old boy goes in search of his missing father in New Zealand during the gold rush of 1860.
- Original title
- Hunter's Gold
- Storyline
- New Zealand, 1860. Thirteen year old Scott Hunter becomes anxious about his father, a gold prospector, when his personal belongings return home without him. Scott goes off to Tuckers Gully in search and en route has various adventures, not least when he hitches a ride with a travelling showman, Marvello The Magician. On arriving at Tuckers Gully Scott finds that his father's colleague has been found murdered. Scott's father, whom no one has seen for some weeks, is the prime suspect and there is a price on his head. Scott finds that his father struck gold and is being held prisoner by the real murderers, Ryan and Dodd, and manages to convince the folk of Tuckers Gully the truth.
- Rating
- 6.9 / 10 · 27
- Companies
- South Pacific Television Corporation Television Two, Fernsehen der DDR 1 (DDR-F1), Fernsehen der DDR 2 (DDR-F2), Fernsehen der DDR
- Release dates
- NZ January 1, 1977
- GB January 2, 1978
- PL March 6, 1980
- DDDE November 19, 1983