The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go
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| The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go | |
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| Directed by | Burgess Meredith |
| Produced by | Jim Cranston (associate producer) Dick Randall (producer) |
| Written by | Burgess Meredith (screenplay) Alvin Ostroff (story) Dick Randall (screenplay) Joseph Zucchero (story) |
| Starring | See below |
| Music by | Nicholas Carras Robert O. Ragland |
| Cinematography | Frank Johnson John M. Stephens |
| Editing by | Richard K. Brockway Jack Tucker |
| Release date(s) | 1970 |
| Running time | 89 minutes |
| Country | UK |
| Language | English |
The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go is a 1970 British film directed by Burgess Meredith.
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[edit] Plot summary
An American draft dodger and aspiring writer named Nero Finnigan (Jeff Bridges) becomes involved with the notorious Mr. Go (James Mason), an oriental organized crime mastermind. They conspire to blackmail an American weapons scientist into providing secrets to Mr. Go's organization for resale to the highest bidder. "The Dolphin" then arrives, who is an American CIA agent and James Joyce scholar, and is charged with recovering the scientist and his work by whatever means necessary.[1]
[edit] Cast
- James Mason as Y.Y. Go
- Jack MacGowran as Leo Zimmerman
- Irene Tsu as Tah-Ling
- Jeff Bridges as Nero Finnegan
- Peter Lind Hayes as Prof. Robert Bannister
- Clarissa Kaye-Mason as Zelda
- Burgess Meredith as The Dolphin
- Gigo Tevzadze as Dr. Ading
- King Hu as Ito Suzuki
- Broderick Crawford as Parker
- Jay Adler as Dr. Yul
- June Sampson as Miss Hagen
[edit] Soundtrack
- "The Yin and the Yang" (Music by Robert O. Ragland, lyrics by Marcia Waldorf)
- "To Be Free" (Music by Robert O. Ragland, lyrics by Marcia Waldorf)
- "Tah-Ling" (Music by Robert O. Ragland, lyrics by Marcia Waldorf)
- "Images and Reflections" (Music by Robert O. Ragland, lyrics by Marcia Waldorf)
[edit] References
- ^ Summary from the Internet Archive which has a copy of the film online. The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go is available for free download at the Internet Archive [more]
[edit] Further reading
- Lisanti, Tom, Fantasy femmes of sixties cinema: interviews with 20 actresses from biker, beach, and Elvis movies", McFarland Publishing, 2001. Cf. pp.158-169 for entry on Irene Tsu which also has a discussion of the film on page 165.
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