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The Terror of the Tongs is a British film of genre Thriller directed by Anthony Bushell released in USA on 15 march 1961 with Christopher Lee
The Terror of the Tongs (1961)
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Add to a movie listThe Terror of the Tongs (1961) is a Hammer Film directed by Anthony Bushell and starring Geoffrey Toone, Christopher Lee and Yvonne Monlaur.
The low-budget Hammer film is distinguished by good color photography and a strong performance by Christopher Lee as Chung King, the aphorism-quoting leader of the Hong Kong division of The Red Dragon Tong.
Synopsis
In the year of 1910, Hong Kong members of the secret Red Dragon Tong crime family protect their identities by murdering Helena Sale, the daughter of Captain Jackson Sale, a British sea officer who vows revenge and defies the spread of fear created by the Tongs. Helped by a mysterious beggar and a young serving girl named Lee, Sale discovers there's an inside traitor who's been giving vital information to the Tongs, thus making them one step ahead of Sale's findings...Actors
Christopher Lee
(Chung King)
Geoffrey Toone
(Captain Jackson Sale)
Yvonne Monlaur
(Lee)
Harold Goodwin
Brian Worth
(District Commissioner Harcourt)
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