The Golden Lady
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]
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| Directed by | José Ramón Larraz |
| Produced by | Keith Cavele Paul Cowan Joshua Sinclair |
| Written by | Joshua Sinclair |
| Starring | Christina World June Chadwick Suzanne Danielle Anika Pavel Stephan Chase Desmond Llewelyn Patrick Newell |
| Music by | Georges Garvarentz |
| Cinematography | David Griffiths |
| Distributed by | Target (UK, theatrical) Group 1 (USA, theatrical) |
Release date | 1979 |
Running time | 91 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Plot
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
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
- 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
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
- BFI (The Golden Lady)
- "THE GOLDEN LADY (1979)". Video Junkie. 10 May 2012.
- Bowker, Variety's Film Reviews: 1978-1980 (1983)