The Golden Lady
| The Golden Lady | |
|---|---|
 movie poster | |
| Directed by | José Ramón Larraz |
| Written by | Joshua Sinclair |
| Produced by | Keith Cavele Paul Cowan Joshua Sinclair |
| Starring | Christina World June Chadwick Suzanne Danielle Anika Pavel Stephan Chase Desmond Llewelyn Patrick Newell |
| Cinematography | David Griffiths |
| Music by | Georges Garvarentz |
| Distributed by | Target (UK, theatrical) Group 1 (USA, theatrical) |
Release date | 1979 |
Running time | 91 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
The Golden Lady is a British thriller film directed by José Ramón Larraz and starring Christina World, June Chadwick, Suzanne Danielle and Desmond Llewelyn. Filmed in 1978, it was released in 1979.[1]
Plot[edit]
Julia Hemingway (Ina Skriver, credited as Christina World), a British female mercenary, is hired by wealthy businessman Charlie Whitlock in order to help him eliminate the competition on the purchase of some oil fields in Saudi Arabia. Hemingway coordinates a team of 3 sexy women to go undercover to complete the task, but is unaware that Whitlock plans on double crossing her so he won't have to pay for her services.[2]
Reception[edit]
Variety reviewed the film unfavourably: "Hard to see much appeal in this cheapie, which features Danish newcomer Christina World as a distaff James Bond, but which will leave audiences neither shaken nor stirred. Action is underpowered, while sex, ever-expected, is underexploited. Script by Joshua Sinclair gets enmeshed in a pretentious plot..."[3]
Cast[edit]
- Ina Skriver (credited as Christina World) as Julia Hemingway
- June Chadwick as Lucy
- Suzanne Danielle as Dahlia
- Anika Pavel as Carol
- Stephan Chase as Max Rowlands
- Desmond Llewelyn as Dixon
- Patrick Newell as Charlie Whitlock
- Ava Cadell as Anita
- Edward de Souza as Yorgo Praxis
- Dave King as Dietmar Schuster
- Richard Oldfield as Wayne Bentley
- Nayef Rashed as Mabrook
- Terry Downes as Trainer
- Hot Gossip as themselves
- Blonde on Blonde appearing as themselves
Soundtrack[edit]
The music for the film was composed by Georges Garvarentz. The theme song to the film, "The Golden Lady", was performed by The Three Degrees, and was co-written by Garvarentz with lead vocalist Sheila Ferguson. It was released as a single and peaked at #56 on the UK Singles Chart in June 1979.
References[edit]
- ^ BFI (The Golden Lady)
- ^ "THE GOLDEN LADY (1979)". Video Junkie. 10 May 2012.
- ^ Bowker, Variety's Film Reviews: 1978-1980 (1983)
