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"Midas Run" is a vague, disconnected movie that doesn't accomplish much except the most old-fashioned love scene of the decade. Anne Heywood and Richard Crenna are in bed -- making love. I guess -- and everything is double-exposed and superimposed and out of focus, and we get shots of the sea and red roses and daisies and somebody splashes buckets full of runny music all over everything.
May 5, 2020 · A couple of other good character actors — Cesar Romero and Adolfo Celi — are likewise wasted. 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. It was shot at the Tirrenia Studios in Tuscany.
Aug 12, 2022 · It may not ever appear on a “best of” Fred Astaire film list, but Midas Run is still an extremely well-made, engaging and fun movie that is sure to make you smile. Midas Run has been released on Blu-ray by the fine folks at Kino Lorber. The film, which looks terrific, is presented in its original 1.85:1 aspect ratio.
Midas Run: Directed by Alf Kjellin. With Richard Crenna, Anne Heywood, Fred Astaire, Ralph Richardson. A veteran Secret Service Agent from Britain hijacks a government shipment of fifteen million dollars of gold out of an irritation for never being knighted.
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- Adventure, Comedy, Crime
- Alf Kjellin
- 1969-05-15
English. Budget. $1.1 million [2] Box office. $500,000 [2] 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 ...
Despite its amiable, 14-karat, good intentions, this "Midas Run" contains more dross than gold. The CastMIDAS RUN, screenplay by James Buchanan and Ronald Austin, based on a story by Berne Giler ...
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Veteran British secret service officer John Pedley, irritated that he has never been knighted, decides to hijack a government shipment of $15 million in gold ingots being flown from Zurich to Tanzania via Italy.
