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In 1910, Hong Kong members of a secret Tong crime syndicate protect their identities by murdering the daughter of a British sea captain who vows revenge.In 1910, Hong Kong members of a secret Tong crime syndicate protect their identities by murdering the daughter of a British sea captain who vows revenge.In 1910, Hong Kong members of a secret Tong crime syndicate protect their identities by murdering the daughter of a British sea captain who vows revenge.
June Barry
- Tong Room Girl
- (uncredited)
Mary Rose Barry
- Tong Room Girl
- (uncredited)
Audrey Burton
- Tong Room Girl
- (uncredited)
Ruth Calvert
- Tong Room Girl
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaThis was the first "Hammer" film for which Christopher Lee received top billing.
- GoofsThe film is set in 1910, but the knee length female costumes, revealingly slit to the hip, are strictly 1960 Suzie Wong.
- Quotes
The Tong Leader: Have you ever had your bones scraped, Captain? It is painful in the extreme I can assure you.
- Crazy creditsOpening credits prologue: HONG KONG - 1910
A bustling, growing city - but hidden deep amongst its teeming thousands was an organisation that thrived on vice, terror and corruption- THE RED DRAGON TONG
- Alternate versionsThe film suffered extensive BBFC cuts which removed shots of bloody bodies and a mutilated hand, and also heavily edited the infamous 'bone scraping' scene where Jackson Sale's chest is pricked with needles. A scene featuring Helena's fingers being severed with an axe was also re-edited, so it appears she passes out before the impact of the blade. All later releases have featured the same print and the uncut version may no longer survive.
- ConnectionsSpoofed in Dr. Terrible's House of Horrible: Frenzy of Tongs (2001)
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Surprisingly this is a Hammer film!
In 1910 Hong Kong Christopher Lee plays Chung King, an evil leader of tongs who will kill anyone who stands in their way of their slave and opium trade.
A sea captain (Geoffrey Toone) battles them when his daughter is murdered. Violence follows and then bodies begin piling up.
Unusual Hammer film--not really a horror movie--more like a violent action film. Lee is having a whale of a time playing King and Toone is OK in his role. Everyone else is pretty terrible--especially pretty Yvonne Monlaur and all the Asian actors. The low budget does show and the script is sort of scattershot.
I'm giving it a 7 because it's no longer than it needs to be (79 minutes), Lee is very good, there's some beautiful color photography and some pretty strong bloody violence for 1961--but then this IS a Hammer film.
Worth seeing on a slow day.
A sea captain (Geoffrey Toone) battles them when his daughter is murdered. Violence follows and then bodies begin piling up.
Unusual Hammer film--not really a horror movie--more like a violent action film. Lee is having a whale of a time playing King and Toone is OK in his role. Everyone else is pretty terrible--especially pretty Yvonne Monlaur and all the Asian actors. The low budget does show and the script is sort of scattershot.
I'm giving it a 7 because it's no longer than it needs to be (79 minutes), Lee is very good, there's some beautiful color photography and some pretty strong bloody violence for 1961--but then this IS a Hammer film.
Worth seeing on a slow day.
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- Also known as
- Terror of the Hatchet Men
- Filming locations
- Bray Studios, Down Place, Oakley Green, Berkshire, England, UK(studio: produced at Bray Studios)
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- Runtime1 hour 16 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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By what name was The Terror of the Tongs (1961) officially released in Canada in English?
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