Red Dragon (1965 film)

Red Dragon
Red Dragon
Directed by	Ernst Hofbauer
Written by	Hannes-Karl Kubiak
Based on	River of the Three Junks (novel); by Georges Godefroy
Produced by	Gero Wecker; Wolf C. Hartwig;
Starring	Stewart Granger; Rosanna Schiaffino; Margit Saad;
Cinematography	Werner M. Lenz
Edited by	Eugenio Alabiso; Werner M. Lenz;
Music by	Riz Ortolani
Production; companies	Arca-Filmproduktion; Produzioni Europee Associati;
Distributed by	Constantin Film
Release date	16 July 1965 (West Germany);
Running time	88 minutes
Countries	West Germany; Italy;
Language	German
Box office	114,597 admissions (France); 933,983 admissions (Spain);

Red Dragon (German: Das Geheimnis der drei Dschunken, lit. 'The Secret of the Three Junks', Italian: A-009 missione Hong Kong) is a 1965 West German-Italian spy film directed by Ernst Hofbauer and starring Stewart Granger, Rosanna Schiaffino, and Margit Saad.^[2] It was released in Germany as Das Geheimnis der drei Dschunken and A 009 missione Hong Kong in Italy. It was released in the United States as a double feature with Lightning Bolt by Woolner Brothers in 1967 under the title Code Name Alpha.^[3]

The film's sets were designed by the art director Max Mellin. It was shot on location in Hong Kong.

The film is based on the 1952 novel Les Gentlemen de Hong Kong by Georges Godefroy that was made into the French spy film The River of Three Junks (1957) set in Saigon.

Plot

In a Hong Kong park, a man brushes against the arm of a girl sitting on a bench, and she slips to the ground, murdered. Immediately afterward, the man is killed also. It turns out the woman was connected with a jewel-smuggling ring, and the man was a federal agent. FBI agent Michael Scott is given the assignment and finds a way to sneak agent Carol into the smuggling gang. Carol goes to work for Pierre Milot, who works for the smugglers.

Cast

Stewart Granger as Michael Scott
Rosanna Schiaffino as Carol
Paul Klinger as Norman
Margit Saad as Blanche Coty
Sieghardt Rupp as Pierre Milot
Helga Sommerfeld [de] as Danny Davis
Franco Fantasia as Robert Grant
Harald Juhnke as Smoky
Chitra Ratana as Mai Tim
Paul Dahlke as Harris
Suzanne Roquette as Linda Wells
Horst Frank as Pereira

References

^ Box office information for Stewart Granger films in France at Box Office Story
^ Goble, p. 183.
^ "Red Dragon (Das Geheimnis der drei Dschunken)". Monthly Film Bulletin. 35 (408). London: 41. 1 January 1968.

Bibliography

Goble, Alan (1999). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 978-3-11-095194-3.

External links

Red Dragon at IMDb
Red Dragon at TCMDB

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[box-1] Box office information for Stewart Granger films in France at Box Office Story

[FOOTNOTEGoble183-2] Goble, p. 183.

[3] "Red Dragon (Das Geheimnis der drei Dschunken)". Monthly Film Bulletin. 35 (408). London: 41. 1 January 1968.

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