Wet Gold

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

Wet Gold
DVD cover of Wet Gold
Written by	David Sherwin Otis Jones
Directed by	Dick Lowry
Starring	Brooke Shields Burgess Meredith Thomas Byrd Brian Kerwin
Theme music composer	Sylvester Levay
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
Production
Producer(s)	Bill Coker
Editor(s)	Artie Mandelberg
Cinematography	James Pergola
Running time	91 mins.
Production company(s)	Konigsberg/Sanitsky Company Telepictures Corporation
Release
Original network	ABC
Original release	October 28, 1984 (1984-10-28) (ABC)

Wet Gold is a 1984 television movie starring actress-model Brooke Shields. Directed by Dick Lowry, the film originally aired on October 28, 1984 on ABC.

Main cast

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

Plot summary

Wet Gold is the story of Laura, 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.

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 the Internet Movie Database
Wet Gold at AllMovie

Films directed by Dick Lowry

The Jayne Mansfield Story (1980)
Living Proof: The Hank Williams, Jr. Story (1983)
Smokey and the Bandit Part 3 (1983)
Wet Gold (1984)
Murder with Mirrors (1985)
In the Line of Duty: The F.B.I. Murders (1988)
Miracle Landing (1990)
Archie: To Riverdale and Back Again (1990)
In the Line of Duty: Street War (1992)
Forgotten Sins (1996)
Last Stand at Saber River (1997)
Two Came Back (1997)
Atomic Train (1999)
Follow the Stars Home (2001)
Category 6: Day of Destruction (2004)
Category 7: The End of the World (2005)
Silver Bells (2005)

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