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Aggiungi una trama nella tua linguaIn 1910, Hong Kong members of a secret Tong crime syndicate protect their identities by murdering the daughter of a British sea captain who vows revenge.In 1910, Hong Kong members of a secret Tong crime syndicate protect their identities by murdering the daughter of a British sea captain who vows revenge.In 1910, Hong Kong members of a secret Tong crime syndicate protect their identities by murdering the daughter of a British sea captain who vows revenge.
June Barry
- Tong Room Girl
- (non citato nei titoli originali)
Mary Rose Barry
- Tong Room Girl
- (non citato nei titoli originali)
Audrey Burton
- Tong Room Girl
- (non citato nei titoli originali)
Ruth Calvert
- Tong Room Girl
- (non citato nei titoli originali)
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- QuizThis was the first "Hammer" film for which Christopher Lee received top billing.
- BlooperThe film is set in 1910, but the knee length female costumes, revealingly slit to the hip, are strictly 1960 Suzie Wong.
- Citazioni
The Tong Leader: Have you ever had your bones scraped, Captain? It is painful in the extreme I can assure you.
- Curiosità sui creditiOpening credits prologue: HONG KONG - 1910
A bustling, growing city - but hidden deep amongst its teeming thousands was an organisation that thrived on vice, terror and corruption- THE RED DRAGON TONG
- Versioni alternativeThe film suffered extensive BBFC cuts which removed shots of bloody bodies and a mutilated hand, and also heavily edited the infamous 'bone scraping' scene where Jackson Sale's chest is pricked with needles. A scene featuring Helena's fingers being severed with an axe was also re-edited, so it appears she passes out before the impact of the blade. All later releases have featured the same print and the uncut version may no longer survive.
- ConnessioniSpoofed in Dr. Terrible's House of Horrible: Frenzy of Tongs (2001)
Recensione in evidenza
This film is a solid (decent pacing, some action, okay acting) Hammer entry. Lee plays a slightly toned down version of his Fu Manchu character-being in charge of a tong rather than a world threatening organization. His chief opponent, a rather clueless and lucky ship captain calls to mind many third rate serial heroes who are constantly being bailed out by others. A couple of amusing cast notes-we've got the Jon Pertwee "Master" villain from Doctor Who in here as Lee's right hand man, and the french lead from "Brides of Dracula" gives another lousy performance, here as a doomed half-chinese concubine.
Which brings me to the chief value of this movie-it really gives one a good insight into English attitudes towards the Chinese and their colonial possesion, Hong Kong. First is the fact that there are no major chinese characters *played* by chinese actors-not an uncommon occurance in this era, to be sure (John Wayne, for example, as Ghengis Khan!). Second, the chinese rarely take any direct action in this film, and they need a western "man of action" to get the people to topple the tongs. Third, Lee and many other characters are extremely fatalist. I do not believe the film was *meant* to come off as racist as it now feels-but that is a function of the times. This film is basically a rather dull adventure film, with a huge imperialist subtext, if anyone cares to notice.
Which brings me to the chief value of this movie-it really gives one a good insight into English attitudes towards the Chinese and their colonial possesion, Hong Kong. First is the fact that there are no major chinese characters *played* by chinese actors-not an uncommon occurance in this era, to be sure (John Wayne, for example, as Ghengis Khan!). Second, the chinese rarely take any direct action in this film, and they need a western "man of action" to get the people to topple the tongs. Third, Lee and many other characters are extremely fatalist. I do not believe the film was *meant* to come off as racist as it now feels-but that is a function of the times. This film is basically a rather dull adventure film, with a huge imperialist subtext, if anyone cares to notice.
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- The Terror of the Tongs
- Luoghi delle riprese
- Bray Studios, Down Place, Oakley Green, Berkshire, Inghilterra, Regno Unito(studio: produced at Bray Studios)
- Aziende produttrici
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- Tempo di esecuzione1 ora 16 minuti
- Proporzioni
- 1.85 : 1
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By what name was Il terrore dei Tongs (1961) officially released in Canada in English?
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