Little Treasure

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Little Treasure
Promotional poster
Directed by	Alan Sharp
Written by	Alan Sharp
Produced by	Herb Jaffe Joanna Lancaster Richard Wagner Theodore R. Parvin
Starring	Margot Kidder Ted Danson Burt Lancaster
Cinematography	Álex Phillips Jr
Edited by	Garth Craven
Music by	Leo Kottke
Distributed by	Tri-Star Pictures
Release date	May 1, 1985 (1985-05-01)
Running time	95 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Little Treasure is a 1985 American action drama film starring Margot Kidder, Ted Danson and Burt Lancaster. The film, written and directed by Alan Sharp, deals with the strained relationship between a bank robber father and his daughter, a stripper.^[1]

Plot

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Margot Kidder plays Margo, a stripper searching for her estranged, bank robber father (Burt Lancaster) in a remote part of Mexico. Along the way, Margo meets an American ex-pat drifter (Ted Danson), and together they search for her missing father and eventually his lost, buried fortune.

Cast

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Margot Kidder as Margo
Ted Danson as Eugene Wilson
Burt Lancaster as Delbert Teschemacher
Joseph Hacker as Norman Kane
Malena Doria as Evangelina
John Pearce as Joseph
Gladys Holland as Sadie
Bill Zuckert as Charlie Parker
James Hall as Chuck
Glenda Moore as Kane's Friend
Rodolfo De Alexandre as Bird Seller
Lupe Ontiveros as Market Voice #1

Production

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Kidder recalled feuding with Lancaster during the production and described Danson as "about as sweet a guy as you’re ever gonna meet. What you see is what you get. He’s lovely."^[2]

Reception

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Leonard Maltin gave the film one and a half stars.^[3]

References

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^ Canby, Vincent (1 May 1985). "'TREASURE,' A DAUGHTER'S QUEST". The New York Times. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
^ Rabin, Nathan (3 March 2009). "Random Roles: Margot Kidder". The A.V. Club. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
^ Maltin, Leonard (2014). Leonard Maltin's 2015 Movie Guide. Penguin. ISBN 9780698183612.

External links

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Little Treasure at IMDb
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Little Treasure at Box Office Mojo
Little Treasure at Rotten Tomatoes

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