Walk Like a Dragon

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
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJames Clavell
Produced byJames Clavell
Written byJames Clavell
Daniel Mainwaring
StarringJack Lord
Nobu McCarthy
James Shigeta
Mel Tormé
Josephine Hutchinson
Rodolfo Acosta
Benson Fong
Music byPaul Dunlap
CinematographyLoyal Griggs
Edited byHoward A. Smith
Production
company
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • June 1, 1960 (1960-06-01)
Running time
95 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

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.

Plot

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:

California in the 1870s was rough and violent. Men were plentiful, but women were scarce. So girls were secretly and illegally imported from China, and sold as slaves. They were used, but scorned and isolated. This is a story of those times... It happened.

Cast

Reception

The film received mixed reviews by critics.[4][5]

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References
  1. "Walk Like a Dragon (1960) - Overview". TCM.com. Retrieved 2015-04-01.
  2. FilmAffinity
  3. AllMovie
  4. TV Guide
  5. Variety
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