Golden Needles
Golden Needles | |
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Directed by | Robert Clouse |
Written by | S. Lee Pogostin Sylvia Schneble |
Produced by | Fred Weintraub |
Starring | Joe Don Baker Elizabeth Ashley Ann Sothern Jim Kelly Burgess Meredith Roy Chiao |
Cinematography | Gil Hubbs |
Edited by | Michael Kahn |
Music by | Lalo Schifrin |
Distributed by | American International Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 92 mins. |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | under $1 million[1][2] |
Box office | HK$ 18.00[3] |
Golden Needles (also released under the title The Chase for the Golden Needles) is a 1974 American action/adventure film starring Joe Don Baker, Elizabeth Ashley, Ann Sothern, Jim Kelly, Burgess Meredith, and Roy Chiao. The film was directed by Robert Clouse and shot on location in Hong Kong.
Plot
A legendary statue has seven gold needles inserted in it, and an adult man will become a sexual superman when the needles are placed in the same position in his body. A colorful group of characters is all in on the hunt for the mysterious statue.
Cast
- Joe Don Baker as Dan
- Elizabeth Ashley as Felicity
- Ann Sothern as Fenzie
- Jim Kelly as Jeff
- Burgess Meredith as Winters
Production
The film was to star George Lazenby.[4]
Discography
The CD soundtrack composed and conducted by Lalo Schifrin is available on Music Box Records label (website).
Sources
- ^ Mark McGee, Faster and Furiouser: The Revised and Fattened Fable of American International Pictures, McFarland, 1996 p292
- ^ Aljean Harmetz (4 Aug 1974). "The dime-store way to make movies-and money". New York Times. p. 202.
- ^ Golden Needles at the Hong Kong Movie DataBase
- ^ "LAZENBY BACK IN NEW SPY SERIES". The Canberra Times. 23 January 1974. p. 18. Retrieved 17 February 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
See also
External links
Categories:
- 1974 films
- 1970s action films
- American adventure films
- American films
- American action films
- American International Pictures films
- English-language films
- Films directed by Robert Clouse
- Films shot in Hong Kong
- Martial arts films
- Films scored by Lalo Schifrin
- American action adventure films
- Action adventure film stubs