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Black Dragons

4.6/10
TMDB28 votes
1942Original: English64 min

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.

Genres: Thriller, Mystery, Horror
Cast: Bela Lugosi, Clayton Moore, Joan Barclay, George Pembroke, Robert Frazer

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THE STORY & THE PEOPLE

About Black Dragons

It's the picture that has the whole town shivering!

Black Dragons (1942) is a film in the thriller, mystery, horror genres. Directed by William Nigh. The cast includes Bela Lugosi, Clayton Moore, Joan Barclay, George Pembroke.

Released
1942-03-06
Original language
English
Runtime
64 minutes
Status
Released
Production countries
United States of America
Production companies
Banner Productions, Monogram Pictures
Directors
William Nigh
Writers
Harvey Gates, Robert Kehoe

Black Dragons cast & characters

Audience reviews

4.6/10 from 28 TMDB votes. Ratings and reviews are supplied by TMDB. Reviews are attributed to their original authors.

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TMDB member review

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)…

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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.

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What is Black Dragons about?

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.

Who stars in Black Dragons?

Bela Lugosi, Clayton Moore, Joan Barclay, George Pembroke, Robert Frazer, Robert Fiske. See the cast cards above for character names.

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