The Treasure of San Teresa

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The Treasure of San Teresa
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Theatrical release poster
Directed byAlvin Rakoff
Written byJack Andrews
Jeffrey Dell
Produced byJohn Nasht
Patrick Filmer-Sankey
StarringEddie Constantine
Dawn Addams
Marius Goring
Christopher Lee
CinematographyWilkie Cooper
Edited byJim Connock
Music byDon Banks
Production
companies
Beaconsfield Productions
Kurt Ulrich Filmproduktion
Orbit Films
Distributed byBritish Lion
Constantin Film
Release date
21 July 1959
Running time
84 minutes
CountriesUnited Kingdom
West Germany
LanguageEnglish

The Treasure of San Teresa (German: Rhapsodie in Blei) is a 1959 British-West German thriller film directed by Alvin Rakoff and starring Eddie Constantine, Dawn Addams and Marius Goring.[1][2] It was based on a play by Jeffrey Dell. The film is also known by the alternative titles Hot Money Girl, Long Distance, and Rhapsody in Blei.[3]

Plot[]

Ex-OSS operative Larry Brennan (Eddie Constantine) returns to Czechoslovakia after retiring from his military service during World War II. He is intent on seeking out a hidden cache of Nazi jewels stashed in this country during the war. There he has to join with Hedi von Hartmann (Dawn Addams), his former lover and a daughter of the German general who previously owned the gems, but Larry is not sure whether he can trust her. Soon Larry begins to realise that he is being double-crossed and triple-crossed.[4]

Cast[]

References[]

  1. ^ "The Treasure of San Teresa". FilmAffinity. filmaffinity.com. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
  2. ^ "The Treasure of San Teresa (1959)", BFI.
  3. ^ Erickson, Hal (2016). "The Treasure of San Teresa (1959)". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. Archived from the original on 7 March 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
  4. ^ "The Treasure of San Teresa". The Movie Scene. themoviescene.co.uk. Retrieved 15 January 2016.

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