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The Gold Bug

6.3198045mMovieAdventureDramaFamily

Shortly after the Civil War, while exploring the long deserted and reputedly haunted Sullivan's Island off Charleston S.C., a boy encounters two obsessed eccentrics living there. These men chase him away and warn him never to return or to…

DirectorRobert Fuest

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Cast · Directed by Robert Fuest

RBRoberts Blossom
Roberts Blossom
Mr. LeGrand
GHGeoffrey Holder
Geoffrey Holder
Jupiter
AHAnthony Michael Hall
Anthony Michael Hall
The Boy
RM
Robert Moberly
Uncle
SBSudie Bond
Sudie Bond
Agnes
AHAnne Haney
Anne Haney
Jessica Bessop
AEAlix Elias
Alix Elias
Barmaid
PBPhilip Bruns
Philip Bruns
Tattoo

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The Gold Bug hasn't started streaming in United States yet. Based on the typical 6–8 week theatrical-to-streaming window, we estimate it will arrive around March 22, 1980. This is a prediction, not a confirmed date.