Carib Gold (1957)
1h 11m
Running Time
September 30, 1957Release Date
Plot.
The hard-working but struggling crew of a shrimp boat discover a sunken treasure. Trouble ensues in this dramatic black-cast production.
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Cast & Crew.
Ethel Waters
Mom
Coley Wallace
Ryan
Peter Dawson
Neely
Cecil Cunningham
Barb
William T. Hill
Cap
George Renna
Bartender
Harold Young
Director
Cicely Tyson
Dottie
Diana Sands
Bar Girl
D. Lyle Kretsinger
Writer
Richard Ward
Lechock
Ruth Sawyer
Baby
Frank Fields
Composer
Henry Hayward
Willie
Charles T. O'Rork
Cinematographer
Geoffrey Holder
Voo Doo Dancer
Warren Coleman
Producer
Sam Lake
Presenter
Ben Berk
Production Supervisor
Charles Gossett
Screenplay / Story
Michael Young
Editor
Walter Morris
Production Design / Art Direction
Clarence Ellis
Sound
Media.
Details.
Wiki.
Carib Gold is a maritime-themed 1956 B-movie, written and filmed almost entirely in Key West, Florida, with locally-cast musicians and extras. Its cast is largely African-American headlined by Ethel Waters and features the first known film roles for both Geoffrey Holder and Cicely Tyson. The story was written by Navy veteran Charles Gossett.Thought lost for decades, the film is now in the public domain and was digitized in early 2012 and released online for free public viewing by Southern Methodist University, as part of the G. William Jones Film and Video Collection at the university's Hamon Art Library.