''Little Treasure'' is a 1985 American

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starring

Margot Kidder Margaret Ruth Kidder (October 17, 1948 – May 13, 2018) was a Canadian and American actress and activist. She amassed List of Margot Kidder performances, several film and television credits in her career spanning five decades, including her bes ...

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and

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. The film, written and directed by Alan Sharp, deals with the strained relationship between a bank robber father and his daughter, a stripper.

Plot

plays Margo, a stripper searching for her estranged, bank robber father (

) in a remote part of

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. Along the way, Margo meets an American ex-pat drifter (

), and together they search for her missing father and eventually his lost, buried fortune.

Cast

as Margo *

as Eugene Wilson *

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

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."

Reception

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gave the film one and a half stars.

References

External links

* * * 1985 films 1980s action drama films American action drama films Films set in Mexico Films shot in New Mexico TriStar Pictures films Films set in New Mexico 1985 directorial debut films 1985 drama films 1980s English-language films 1980s American films English-language action drama films {{1980s-US-film-stub