A Prize of Gold

A Prize of Gold is a British 1955 Warwick Films Technicolor heist film directed by Mark Robson partly filmed in West Berlin. The film stars Richard Widmark as a United States Air Force Air Police Master Sergeant motivated by love and compassion to begin a life of crime. It was based on the 1953 novel by Max Catto.

Maria is trying to raise enough money to move a group of German orphans to South America, where they can start life anew. Joe wants to help her, and with his buddies British Corps of Military Police Sergeant Roger Morris George Cole and exRAF pilot Brian Hammell Nigel Patrick, Joe plans a daring robbery. A fortune in recently discovered gold bullion is being transferred to England from Germany via military transport, and the trio intend to hijack the plane.While the robbery goes off almost as planned, the three participants begin to have second thoughts about what to do with their illgotten gains. ........

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