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Black Dragons

- It's the picture that has the whole town shivering!

It is prior to the commencement of World War II, and Japan's fiendish Black Dragon Society is hatching an evil plot with the Nazis. They instruct a brilliant scientist, Dr. Melcher, to travel to Japan on a secret mission. There he operates on six Japanese conspirators, transforming them to resemble six American leaders. The actual leaders are murdered and replaced with their likeness.

Release Date : 1942-03-06

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Banner ProductionsMonogram Pictures

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles : The Black Dragons

Cast

Bela Lugosi

Character Name : Dr. Melcher/ Monsieur Colomb

Original Name : Bela Lugosi

Gender : Male

Clayton Moore

Character Name : FBI Agent Richard ‘Dick’ Martin

Original Name : Clayton Moore

Gender : Male

Joan Barclay

Character Name : Alice Saunders

Original Name : Joan Barclay

Gender : Female

George Pembroke

Character Name : Dr. William Saunders

Original Name : George Pembroke

Gender : Male

Robert Frazer

Character Name : Amos Hanlin

Original Name : Robert Frazer

Gender : Male

Robert Fiske

Character Name : Phillip Wallace

Original Name : Robert Fiske

Gender : Male

Irving Mitchell

Character Name : John Van Dyke

Original Name : Irving Mitchell

Gender : Male

Edward Peil Sr.

Character Name : Ryder

Original Name : Edward Peil Sr.

Gender : Male

Kenneth Harlan

Character Name : FBI Chief Colton

Original Name : Kenneth Harlan

Gender : Male

Max Hoffman Jr.

Character Name : Kearney

Original Name : Max Hoffman Jr.

Gender : Male

Joseph Eggenton

Character Name : Stevens

Original Name : Joseph Eggenton

Gender : Male

I. Stanford Jolley

Character Name : The Dragon

Original Name : I. Stanford Jolley

Gender : Male

Frank Melton

Character Name : FBI Agent

Original Name : Frank Melton

Gender : Male

Reviews

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@Geronimo1967

2022-06-26

If this isn't a piece of propaganda, then I shall never know what it. A secret Japanese society (think Yakuza meets Fu Manchu) gets the Nazis to send an evil doctor to substitute some important American industrialists whose future role will be to sabotage arms production plants during the war (that we didn't know we were going to have yet...!). Those devious Japanese, though, double-cross "Dr. Melcher" (Bela Lugosi) and imprison him so he cannot divulge the secret identities to anyone. Needless to say, he escapes and exacts revenge of the fifth columnists. The deaths of such high profile citizens naturally engage the attention of the FBI - and it's a race against time. It'd make a hell of a lot more sense if you saw the last ten minutes first; as the piecing together of this tale takes quite a bit of cerebral effort - not sure it was quite worth it.