Wet Gold

For the Ralph Ince film, see Wet Gold (1921 film).

Wet Gold
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Genre	Adventure Drama
Written by	David Sherwin Otis Jones
Directed by	Dick Lowry
Starring	Brooke Shields Burgess Meredith Thomas Byrd Brian Kerwin
Music by	Sylvester Levay
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Executive producers	Frank Konigsberg Larry Sanitsky
Producers	Bill Coker Barry Jossen (associate producer)
Production location	Bahamas
Cinematography	James Pergola
Editor	Artie Mandelberg
Running time	91 minutes
Production companies	Konigsberg/Sanitsky Company Telepictures Corporation
Original release
Network	ABC
Release	October 28, 1984 (1984-10-28)

Wet Gold is a 1984 American made-for-television adventure film directed by Dick Lowry and starring actress-model Brooke Shields. The film originally aired on October 28, 1984, on ABC.

Plot summary

Laura is a young café waitress dreaming of owning a piano. Laura stumbles across Sampson, a drunk elderly man who fills her with exciting stories of a boat that sank with millions of dollars in gold. Although Chris Barnes, Laura's boyfriend, keeps telling her that Sampson's stories are all false, Sampson makes her believe that they are indeed true. Laura takes Sampson to a library, where she finds on old a newspaper article that matches up the events he described.

After becoming a true believer, Laura convinces Barnes, Sampson and Ben Keating, an experienced sea diver, to search for the treasure. Together they set off from Key West in the baker's boat that Barnes is supposed to be looking after. Keating shows a liking for Laura, and because of this, Barnes begins to feel uncomfortable with him. After spending some time in the water, their dreams become reality, but the discovery of gold begins to change their personalities. Tensions fill the air as passions rise in the wake of greed and jealousy for both the fortune and Laura.

Main cast

• Brooke Shields as Laura
• Burgess Meredith as Sampson
• Thomas Byrd as Chris Barnes
• Brian Kerwin as Ben Keating

Ratings

Upon its premiere, the movie was the highest rated network TV program in its 9-11PM time slot. But when it repeated on Sunday December 21, 1986, it was the lowest rated network TV program of the evening. The highest rated one was NBC's holiday special Bob Hope's Bagful of Christmas Cheer, on which Hope's co-stars included Wet Gold star Brooke Shields.

External links

• Wet Gold at IMDb
• Wet Gold at AllMovie
• Wet Gold at the TCM Movie Database
• Wet Gold at Rotten Tomatoes