Eureka

About Eureka

After striking it rich on a large gold strike, a prospector retires to the quiet life on a Caribbean island but ends up coping with an alcoholic wife, a headstrong daughter, and Miami mobsters who want to build a casino.

Eureka is a 1983 thriller film directed by Nicolas Roeg. It runs 130 minutes and was released in May 1983.

Gene Hackman stars as Jack McCann, Theresa Russell as Tracy, Rutger Hauer as Claude Maillot Van Horn, and Jane Lapotaire as Helen McCann. Written by Paul Mayersberg. It was produced by Recorded Picture Company.

Shelv files it under greed, wealth, and island. In the United States it streams on fuboTV, MGM+ Amazon Channel, and MGM Plus.

Greedy, Nicholas Nickleby, and The Food of the Gods make useful companions to Eureka. It scores 5.3 out of 10 from 84 TMDB voters and it carries a R rating.