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1960 film by James Clavell From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Walk Like a Dragon is a 1960 American Western film directed by James Clavell, written by James Clavell and Daniel Mainwaring, and starring Jack Lord, Nobu McCarthy, James Shigeta, Mel Tormé, Josephine Hutchinson, Rodolfo Acosta and Benson Fong. It was released on June 1, 1960, by Paramount Pictures.[1]
| Walk Like a Dragon | |
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| Directed by | James Clavell |
| Written by | James Clavell Daniel Mainwaring |
| Produced by | James Clavell |
| Starring | Jack Lord Nobu McCarthy James Shigeta Mel Tormé Josephine Hutchinson Rodolfo Acosta Benson Fong |
| Cinematography | Loyal Griggs |
| Edited by | Howard A. Smith |
| Music by | Paul Dunlap |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 95 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The film has a retroactive connection to Clavell's later Asian Saga novels; the 1981 novel Noble House features a character named Lincoln Bartlett who is said to be a descendant of the similarly named character played by Jack Lord in this movie.
It is California during the 1870s. The cowboy Lincoln Bartlett, better known as 'Linc', comes to San Francisco and meets the Chinese Kim Sung at a slave fair, who is forced to work as a prostitute. To protect her from that environment, Linc decides to buy Kim for $750 in gold nuggets and let her live and work at his home. Linc's mother is not happy that a Chinese girl lives in their house and even less happy when Kim Sung and her son fall in love. Cheng Lu, a Chinese immigrant, is jealous and in order to take on Linc, he decides to take gunfighter lessons from 'The Deacon'.[2][3]
Film's introduction:
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