The Terror of the Tongs

1961

Action / Adventure / Crime

9
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 19% · 250 ratings
IMDb Rating 5.7/10 10 1364 1.4K

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Plot summary

In 1910, Hong Kong, under the rule of the British Empire, is a prosperous and bustling city, but, hidden in the shadows of its many narrow streets, the hideous members of the Red Dragon gang, a branch of the evil Chinese secret society of the Tongs, lurk and murder those who oppose to their tyranny, which thrives on vice, crime and the fear of the weakest.

Director

Anthony Bushell Photo
Anthony Bushell

Top cast

Cyril Shaps Photo
Cyril Shaps as (uncredited)
Yvonne Monlaur Photo
Yvonne Monlaur as Lee
Roger Delgado Photo
Roger Delgado as Tang Hao - Tong Enforcer
Christopher Lee Photo
Christopher Lee as Chung King
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635.14 MB
1192*720
English 2.0
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Subtitles
23.976 fps
1 hr 16 min
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1.21 GB
1776*1072
English 2.0
Approved
Subtitles
23.976 fps
1 hr 16 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by R T 6 / 10

A good Christopher Lee role though not as

A good Christopher Lee role though not as iconic as Fu Manchu. The plot is alright, though a bit jumbled at times with a few too many characters. Nonetheless there are good thrilling moments and fun scenes.
Reviewed by R T 6 / 10

Best white person playing Chinese: Christopher Lee who

Best white person playing Chinese: Christopher Lee who manages to play the Fu Manchu role without resorting to being Fu Manchu. Worst white person playing Chinese: that frigging French woman who plays the love interest
Reviewed by R T 6 / 10

It's been quite a while since I've seen

It's been quite a while since I've seen so many non-Asian actors playing Asian characters. Usually old films have one or two Asian characters at most and often played by an anglo character. This still happens and happened as recently as Cameron Crowe's "Aloha" when the redheaded Emma Stone played an Asian character. But in this film, set in China, it appeared that just about every Asian character was a heavily made up anglo actor, which was pretty distracting. Anyhow, despite the blatant racism, this was a pretty entertaining little potboiler about a sea captain investigating the murder of his daughter and ends up taking on the titular Hong Kong crime syndicate, lead by the inscrutable oriental Christopher Lee, who's quite good as the villain. And for a film made in 1961, there are some surprisingly gruesome moments, though I suppose I shouldn't be surprised since Hammer frequently pushed the boundaries of sex and violence in their films of the 1960s. Overall, there's nothing all that special about this film, but is entertaining enough.
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