King Solomon's Treasure

King Solomon's Treasure is a 1979 British-Canadian low-budget film based on the novels King Solomon's Mines (1885) and Allan Quatermain (1887) by H. Rider Haggard. It stars John Colicos as Allan Quatermain, as well as David McCallum, Britt Ekland, and Patrick Macnee who replaced Terry-Thomas.

King Solomon's Treasure
Film poster
Directed by	Alvin Rakoff
Screenplay by	Allan Prior Colin Turner
Based on	Allan Quatermain by H. Rider Haggard
Produced by	Susan A. Lewis Alvin Rakoff executive Harry Alan Towers
Starring	John Colicos David McCallum Patrick Macnee Britt Ekland
Cinematography	Paul Van der Linden
Edited by	Stan Cole
Music by	Lew Lehman
Production companies	Canafox Gold Key TV Towers of London Productions
Distributed by	Gold Key Entertainment (US) Scotia-Barber (UK)
Release date	1979 (1979) (UK)
Running time	88 minutes
Countries	Canada United Kingdom
Language	English
Budget	CA$1,200,000

Cast

• David McCallum as Sir Henry Curtis
• John Colicos as Allan Quatermain
• Patrick Macnee as Captain John Good R.N.
• Britt Ekland as Queen Nyleptha
• Yvon Dufour as Alphonse
• Ken Gampu as Umslopogaas
• Wilfrid Hyde-White as Oldest Club Member
• John Quentin as Stetopatris
• Véronique Béliveau as Neva
• Sam Williams as High Priest
• Hugh Rouse as Reverend MacKenzie
• Fiona Fraser as Mrs. Mackenzie
• Camilla Hutton as Flossie
• John Boylan as Club member
• Ian De Voy as Club member

Production

McCallum later said he did the film "because I got to go to Swaziland... the movie is something you'll have to see on a plane or on late night television."^[1]

Reception

TV Guide had this to say about the film: "The cast of seasoned veterans (McCallum, Macnee, Ekland) contribute embarrassingly bad performances. Surprisingly, though, the photography—the film is shot on location in Africa as well as in London and Canadian studios—is not bad at all."^[2]

A 1979 article said the film "never saw the light of day".^[3]