The Gold bug

An adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe’s story of a young boy on a supposedly deserted island who finds a gold bug and an old piece of paper containing a secret code. He then encounters a crazed old man and his mute servant who are searching for Captain Kidd’s buried treasure.

Credits

director

Robert Fuest

producer

Doro Bachrach

production company

Highgate Pictures

Duration

00:32:00:00

Production places

United States

Production dates

1979

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

31771

Language

English

Subject categories

Adaptations

Childrens Films

Childrens Films → Children 6-12

Childrens Films → Children's films - United States

Literature → Children's literature - Film and video adaptations

Literature → Literature

Short films

Short films → Short films - United States

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

16mm film; Preservation Print (Section 5)

16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)

Please note: this archive is an ongoing body of work. Sometimes the credit information (director, year etc) isn’t available so these fields may be left blank; we are progressively filling these in with further research.

Cite this work on Wikipedia

If you would like to cite this item, please use the following template: {{cite web |url=https://acmi.net.au/works/76014--the-gold-bug/ |title=The Gold bug |author=Australian Centre for the Moving Image |access-date=24 July 2021 |publisher=Australian Centre for the Moving Image}}

United States, 1979

Please note