The Terror of the Tongs
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The Terror of the Tongs (1961) is a Hammer Film starring Geoffrey Toone, Christopher Lee and Yvonne Monlaur.
The film is a quasi-remake of Hammer's The Stranglers of Bombay from 1959. The setting is changed to Hong Kong in 1910 from India in the 19th century but the basic plot of a middle-aged hero attempting to uncover the crimes of a secret sect in a British colony, being captured by the sect, and later released, having a personal stake in the outcome ,finding that there is an inside villain, and losing friends or family are all there.
The low-budget film is distinguished by good color photography and an interesting performance by Christopher Lee as Chung King, the aphorism-quoting leader of the Hong Kong division of The Red Dragon Tong.
[edit] Cast
- Christopher Lee as Chung King
- Yvonne Monlaur as Lee
- Geoffrey Toone as Captain Jackson Sale
- Marne Maitland as Beggar
- Brian Worth as District Commissioner Harcourt
- Ewen Solon as Tang How - Tong Leader's Aide
- Roger Delgado as Tang Hao, tong enforcer
- Richard Leech as Inspector Bob Dean
- Charles Lloyd Pack as Dr. Fu Chao, tong member
- Marie Burke as Maya
- Barbara Brown as Helena Sale
- Burt Kwouk as Mr. Ming
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