A naive young American playboy in Hong Kong finds himself caught up in the middle of an international crime.A naive young American playboy in Hong Kong finds himself caught up in the middle of an international crime.A naive young American playboy in Hong Kong finds himself caught up in the middle of an international crime.
Robert Cummings
- Bob Mitchell
- (as Bob Cummings)
Yukari Itô
- Guest Singer
- (as Yukari Ito)
Robert Rietty
- Gert
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
- Harry Alan Towers
- Edgar Wallace(uncredited)
- All cast & crew
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaSir Christopher Lee recalled that he spent several happy hours talking to Brian Donlevy's wife, Lillian. Prior to marrying Donlevy, she had been Lillian Lugosi.
- GoofsWhen the murdered Margret (Maria Perschy) is discovered lying on bed in her hotel room with her neck having been broken, we watch Commander Sanders (Rupert Davies) and Bob Mitchell (Bob Cummings) - after having examined Margret's corpse - in the foreground discussing their further proceedings to solve the crimes that have been committed so far in the movie. In the background we observe the dead body of Margret blinking with both her eyelids several times! A dead person surely can't do that.
- Alternate versionsGerman theatrical version was re-edited and cut by approx. 20 minutes. The DVD release from Koch Media includes the original British version.
- ConnectionsReferences The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
- SoundtracksFive Golden Dragons
Music by Malcolm Lockyer
Lyrics by Hal Shaper
Performed by Domino
[The second song Magda (Margaret Lee) sings at the club]
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Armchair travelling
This is an enjoyable "B" or, perhaps, "B-"film. I'm sure the cast had a marvellous holiday in Hong Kong, if only they had been there to make a better film. Rupert Davis did sterling work as Sanders, the police commissioner The four famous actors who played the dragons are woefully underused and could only have accepted the parts for the paid holiday, as the roles are just cameos. The only mystery is the Bob Cummings character (who would have been better suited to a different film) This character is clearly far more than the dizzy playboy that he purports to be but we are never told what. He does tell Sanders, who immediately treats him as an equal, but we come in at the end of that conversation and only hear Sanders' calling him a "strange duck" (not "doc" as stephenabell suggests).
The actors do what they can, the faults are caused by the writer and director.
I can imagine watching this film again but not for a few years.
The actors do what they can, the faults are caused by the writer and director.
I can imagine watching this film again but not for a few years.
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- michelle-263
- Jul 25, 2020
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- Runtime1 hour 33 minutes
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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