300 minutes of molten gold fever? Your butt will ache, but your soul will be fed.
Two factions struggle to gain and keep possession of a pool of molten gold.
Practical Effects
Actual molten gold effects that probably killed three stuntmen.
Direction
Van Dyke before Tarzan, proving he could do ANYTHING.
Director
Fred Jackman
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was released as a 15-chapter serial—movie theaters showed one chapter weekly, like 1920s appointment television.
Ruth Roland was THE queen of serials, making more than her male counterparts while doing her own stunts. Hollywood forgot her; we won't.
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