Escape from Gold Country

Útek zo zlatej krajiny – Czechoslovakian title

Ucieczka z krainy złota - Polish title

Escape from the Gold Country – English title

A 1977 Czechoslovakian television production

Producer: Jan Čumpelík

Director: František Chmiel

Story: “Burning Daylight” by Jack London (John Chaney)

Teleplay: Jiří Hubač

Photography: Laco Kraus [color]

Music: Štěpán Koníček

Running time: 7 episodes x 60 minutes

Cast:

Elam the Firebird - Bruno O'Ya voice V. Muller

Doll/Panenka - Soňa Valentová

Chris Bellow - Ivan Mistrík

Carnac - Július Vašek

Kearns - Július Pántik

Jim - Ivan Palúch

John - František Velecký

Ben – Slávo Drozd (Slavomír Drozd)

Louis the Frenchman - Jozef Dóczy

Hamilton - Nina Zemanová

Dowseta - Ladislav Chudík

Lettona - František Dibarbora

Guggenhummera - Dušan Blaškovič

Whiteom - Anton Mrvečka

Didu Masonovú - Božidara Turzonovová

Lindaya - Emil Horváth

MacDonald - Josef Vinklář

With: Julius Pántik, Dušan Taragel', Jan Tříska, Eduard Bindas, Ľubo Gregor (Lubomir Gregor), Ivan Krivosudský, Vilma Jamnická (Vilma Březinová), Dalimil Klapka, Vlado Petruška, Bedřich Prokoš, Vlado Durdík (Vlado Durdík, Jr.)

A gold-digger looking for gold in Alaska manages to get rich. He then moves to San Francisco where he wants his money to grow so he ends up fighting in financial circles which turns out to be much harsher than his struggles in Alaska.

A 7 part Czechoslovakian television series which closely follows Jack London’s novel Burning Daylight about the harsh life during the Klondike Gold Rush.

YouTube trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NFfSzIJQHU