gold prospector

12 movies and shows

Pale Rider

Fri, 28 Jun 1985

A mysterious preacher protects a humble prospector village from a greedy mining company trying to encroach on their land.

After a card game, Southerner Owen Pentecost finds himself the owner of a Denver hotel. Involved with two women, he then has to make even more fundamental choices when, with the start of the Civil War, he becomes one of a Confederate minority in a strongly Unionist town.

Texas Terror

Thu, 17 Oct 1935

Sheriff John Higgins quits and goes into prospecting after he thinks he has killed his best friend in shooting it out with robbers. He encounters his dead buddy's sister and helps her run her ranch. Then she finds out about his past.

The Gold Diggers

Sat, 01 Jan 1983

An avant-garde examination of the relationship between women and money in society. Mixing musical, silent melodrama, and philosophical treatise into a post-punk, heady brew.

Gold Rush Maisie

Fri, 26 Jul 1940

Maisie becomes attached to a dirt-poor farmer and his family as they try to make ends meet joining hundreds of others digging for gold in a previously panned-out ghost town.

Rugged Gold

Sat, 10 Dec 1994

A woman struggles to survive in the Alaskan frontier after separating from her family because of an earthquake.

The Silent Man

Mon, 26 Nov 1917

A hard-working prospector enters the town of Bakeoven to stake his claim, only to have his rights stolen and his face on "Wanted" posters. He plans reprisal.

Money, Women and Guns

Wed, 01 Oct 1958

Celebrated detective traces and finds beneficiaries to the will of a gold prospector murdered by bushwhackers.

Gold Diggers of '49

Sat, 02 Nov 1935

Porky and Beans are prospectors during the Gold Rush, but when a villain steals Porky's bag of loot Beans races to get it back so he can marry Porky's daughter Little Kitty.

The Girl from Alaska

Thu, 16 Apr 1942

A would-be prospector becomes involved in a plot to deceive an old prospector of his cache, but falls in love with his daughter instead.

Ghost Treasure

Wed, 05 Mar 1941

This short film presents three legends of hidden gold in California's Death Valley.

The Golden Dog

Sun, 02 Jan 1977

When two old prospectors find gold dust in the fur of their Airedale they dream of big riches. But soon greed threatens to tear them apart until a ghost reminds them the value of friendship.