BLACK DRAGONS (1942) Bela Lugosi, Joan Barclay & George Pembroke | Horror|B&W|Golden Age Film

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Black Dragons is a 1942 American film directed by William Nigh and starring Bela Lugosi, Joan Barclay, and George Pembroke. The cast includes Clayton Moore, who plays a handsome detective. The Black Dragon Society also appears in Let's Get Tough! a 1942 East Side Kids film made by the same team of writer Harvey Gates and producer Sam Katzman.

Synopsis

It is prior to the American entry into 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 likenesses. Dr. Melcher is condemned to a lifetime of imprisonment so the secret may die with him.

Cast & Crew

Bela Lugosi as Dr. Melcher aka Monsieur Colomb / Cell Prisoner
Joan Barclay as Alice Saunders
George Pembroke as Dr. Bill Saunders
Clayton Moore as Dick Martin
Robert Frazer as Amos Hanlin
Edward Peil, Sr. as Philip Wallace (credited as Edward Piel Sr.)
Robert Fiske as Ryder
Irving Mitchell as John Van Dyke
Kenneth Harlan as FBI Chief Colton
Max Hoffman Jr. as Kearney
Frank Melton as FBI Agent
Joseph Eggenton as Stevens
I. Stanford Jolley as The Dragon (credited as Stanford Jolley)

Director: Joseph H. Lewis
Screenplay: Joseph H. Lewis, George Wellington Pardy
Story by: Milton Raison
Producers: Arthur Alexander, Alfred Stern
Starring: Anna May Wong
Cinematography: Robert E. Cline
Editor: Charles Henkel Jr.
Music: Lee Zahler
Distributor: Producers Releasing Corporation
Release Date: June 5, 1942
Running Time: 65 minutes
Country: United States
Languages: English, Mandarin