Golden Rendezvous

Golden Rendezvous is a 1977 South African thriller film directed by Ashley Lazarus and starring Richard Harris, Ann Turkel and Gordon Jackson. It was based on the 1962 novel The Golden Rendezvous by Alistair MacLean.

The novel was originally published in 1962. Film rights were bought almost immediately Laurence Harvey announced he would star and produce along with Daniel Angel. I think its easily as exciting as Guns of Navarone, said Harvey.However the film was not made until 1977. It starred Richard Harris and Ann Turkel, who were then married, and who had just appeared in The Cassandra Crossing together. Harris praised Turkel for encouraging him to cut down on his drinking. Now my creativity is flowing again, he said. Now in the middle of the night I must suddenly get up and write. Im not going to end up like Dylan Thomas, lonely and misunderstood. ........

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