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Kill a Dragon
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Wikipedia article
'Kill a Dragon' (filmed under the working title of 'To Kill a Dragon'p. 309 American Cinematographer , Volume 48
1967) is a 1967 adventure film pitting Jack Palance against Fernando Lamas: Palance is an adventurer and Lamas is a ruthless dictator/warlord. Filmed on location in Hong Kong and Macau, it was produced by Aubrey Schenck and released through United Artists. In the United States the film was double billed with 'Navajo Joe'.New York Times film review Dec 7, 1967 Co-star Aldo Ray later appeared in Lamas's 'The Violent Ones' (1967).
Plot
On an island of Hong Kongs New Territories, a ships cargo of nitroglycerin washes ashore due to a typhoon. The islanders claim the cargo under the law of salvage, but the powerful Nico Patrai threatens to destroy the island and its inhabitants if the nitroglycerine is not given to him in three days.
The village head Win Lim and two other islanders escape Patrais men to go to Macau where they seek the help of soldier of fortune Rick Masters who lives on a junk. Masters defeats some of Patrais henchmen who have pursued the villagers. Win Lim offers him one third of the profits of the cargo if he can transport it to Hong Kong.
Masters recruits some of his friends to take on Patrai.
Cast
Jack Palance ... Rick Masters
Fernando Lamas ... Nico Patrai
Aldo Ray ... Vigo
Aliza Gur ... Tisa
Kam Tong ... Win Lim
Don Knight ... Ian
Hans William Lee ... Jimmie
Judy Danhttp://www.elanecdotario.com/2008/feb08/29/feb29ai.htm ... Chunhyang
Young Yip Wang ... Chang
Quotes
The film's title is mirrored by way of a quote appearing in the film itself. 'Every dragon gives birth to a St George that must slay the dragon'- Win Lim
See also
*List of American films of 1967
Notes
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