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A Prize of Gold (1955)

A Prize of Gold poster
Directed by
Mark Robson
Genre
drama film, heist film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 38m
Rated
NR
Rating
5.7 of 10 from 10 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A U.S. Air Force sergeant in postwar Berlin falls for a woman at a refugee camp. To get money for her and other children, he plots a daring heist.

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What happens

A Prize of Gold is a 1955 British Technicolor film noir crime 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 of the same title by Max Catto. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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