Black Dragons

1942

1h 4m

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4.8/10

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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.

Directors

William Nigh

Writers

Harvey Gates(original story by)

Robert Kehoe(story by)

Harvey Gates(screenplay by)

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Bela Lugosi

Clayton Moore

Joan Barclay

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Bela Lugosi

Dr. Melcher…

Clayton Moore

FBI Agent Richard ‘Dick’ Martin

Alice Saunders

Dr. William Saunders

Amos Hanlin

Phillip Wallace

John Van Dyke

Ryder

FBI Chief Colton

Kearney

Stevens

The Dragon

FBI Agent

Directors

William Nigh

Writers

Harvey Gates(original story by)

Robert Kehoe(story by)

Harvey Gates(screenplay by)

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4/10

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.

Geronimo196726 Jun, 2022