Golden Gate (1981)
Directed by Paul Wendkos
Genres - Drama |
Sub-Genres - Family Drama, Melodrama |
Run Time - 98 min. |
Countries - United States |
MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Hal Erickson
Golden Gate revolves around a San Francisco-based newspaper empire run by a family named Kingsley (it could just as well have been "Kane," since the family was based on you-know-what Frisco-based publishing dynasty). Richard Kiley, the cold and commanding Kingsley patriarch, suffers a heart attack. Kiley's long-estranged son Perry King returns to San Francisco to save the newspaper from bankruptcy, and to stave off a hostile takeover by a crooked money man. There's plenty of tense infighting and terse dialogue, courtesy of veteran TV scenarist Stirling Silliphant. Golden Gate may have smelled like a pilot film, but the story was too self-contained to allow for a subsequent series.
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business, father, heart-attack, newspaper, son, takeover