Coffin from Hong Kong (film)

Coffin from Hong Kong
Directed by	Manfred R. Köhler
Written by	James Hadley Chase (novel) Manfred R. Köhler
Produced by	Wolf C. Hartwig Erwin C. Dietrich
Starring	Heinz Drache Elga Andersen Ralf Wolter
Cinematography	Klaus von Rautenfeld
Edited by	Walter Boos Anni Lautenbacher
Music by	Karl Barthel Fred Strittmatter
Production companies	Rapid Film Les Films Jacques Leitienne
Distributed by	Constantin Film
Release date	21 August 1964 (1964-08-21)
Running time	93 minutes
Country	West Germany
Language	German

Coffin from Hong Kong (German: Ein Sarg aus Hongkong) is a 1964 West German thriller film directed by Manfred R. Köhler and starring Heinz Drache, Elga Andersen and Ralf Wolter. It is based on the 1962 novel of the same title by James Hadley Chase.

The film's sets were designed by the art director Nino Borghi. Location shooting took place in Hong Kong and London.

Cast

• Heinz Drache as Nelson Ryan
• Elga Andersen as Stella
• Ralf Wolter as Bob Tooly
• Sabine Sesselmann as Janet West
• Angela Yu Chien as Lee Lai
• Tommy Ray as Inspector Chang
• Monika John as Miss Dickens
• Greta Chi as Jo Ann Jefferson
• Angela Bo as Yu Pei
• Henri Guégan as Fighter
• Pierre Richard as Henry Gilbert
• Michael Bulmer as Mr. Belling
• René Scheibli as Anthony
• Willy Birgel as William Jefferson

Bibliography

• Bock, Hans-Michael; Bergfelder, Tim, eds. (2009). The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. New York: Berghahn Books. ISBN 978-1-57181-655-9.

External links

• Coffin from Hong Kong at IMDb