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  !”, Terror of the Tongs is essentially a remake of Hammer’s earlier The Stranglers of Bombay: a colonial British setting (Hong Kong instead of the Maharashtra capital), a murderous cult (Thugees swapped out for…. When Mr. Ming flees the Tongs with a letter naming all the Tong members, he hides it in a book intended as a gift for Helena, the daughter of Capt. The Tongs are members of a secret society and mafia who have terrorized ordinary Chinese for centuries through extortion, torture, mutilation and murder, yet they remain so secretive and exercise such control over the native population that the British authorities in Hong Kong know very little about them. It’s Hong Kong, 1910 and one night, Captain Birdseye discovers his 16-year-old daughter stabbed to death and so endeavours to bring the culprits to justice. Still not a great movie, but more of what I expect from a Hammer movie about a Chinese gang. Learn how and when to remove this template message, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Terror_of_the_Tongs&oldid=1007980998, Articles needing additional references from April 2018, All articles needing additional references, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. The Tongs are members of a secret society and mafia who have terrorized ordinary Chinese for centuries through extortion, torture, mutilation and murder, yet they remain so secretive and exercise such control over the native population that the British authorities in Hong Kong know very little about them. Though Jackson is captured and tortured by tong leader Chung King, he escapes when a beggar sets him free. The Terror of the Tongs is hard to excuse. The Terror of the Tongs currently holds a three star rating (6.0/10) on IMDB. The Terror of the Tongswas the first film in which star Christopher Lee received top-billing – in a role that he clearly relished, as Chung King, the sadistic head of the Red Dragon Tong. Yikes, Just because your last name is Lee doesn't mean you should make yourself look Asian. The daughter of Captain Jackson Sale is murdered by the members of Red Dragon Tong secret society. A tie-in to the film written by Jimmy Sangster and based upon his screenplay was published by Digit Books in 1961. Made by fans in Auckland, New Zealand. More in line with what one might expect of a Hammer Studios effort, featuring lurid Eastman colour, extensive stereotyping and Christopher Lee in yellowface, The Terror of the Tongs is a campy noir somewhat in the vein of The Strangers of Bombay. The setting is changed to Hong Kong in 1910 from India in the 19th century but the basic plot of a middle-aged, yet youthful hero attempting to uncover the crimes of a secret sect in a British colony, being captured by the sect, and later released, having a personal stake in the outcome, finding that there is an inside villain, and losing friends or family are all there. Some notable actors too. It's notable for being little brother to the more lurid STRANGLERS OF BOMBAY and having Christopher Lee in a proto-Fu Manchu role. All the films from my exploitation lists, bundled into one mega-super-list-to-rule-them-all! There are tape marks/residue on the front and/or back of the poster from being displayed in theatres The Hammer Story: The Authorised History of Hammer Films wrote of the film: "The Terror of the Tongs, perhaps thankfully a rarely-seen film, remains resolutely undistinguished in almost every department."[1]. Justin Hullinger 3,162 films 900 32 Edit, UPDATE 7/8/2018: It's been a while since I checked on this list, and I'm happy to see that a lot…. Since then many have appeared on streaming services so I'm going to see how many I can get through. This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google privacy policy and terms of service apply. The Terror of the Tongs (1961) Part of the Hammer Volume 3 Boxset; Genre: Adventure; Directed by Anthony Bushell; UK Rating 15; Discs: 1 Anthony Bushell's THE TERROR OF THE TONGS (1961) movie trailer. The story plays like a rewrite of Hammer's The Stranglers of Bombay, but is more attractively shot, has Yvonne Monlaur in tight fitting dresses, and Christopher Lee eating up his role as the lead villain (it was his first top billing in a film, though he's not on screen that much). The Terror of the Tongs isn't a bad picture if you look at it as the story of a man who is relentless in his pursuit of justice. Christopher Lee playing a man from Hong Kong is kinda weird, although I guess I haven't seen him in this sort of role before. TERROR OF THE TONGS is reputedly a remake of Hammer's STRANGLERS OF BOMBAY, which I have not seen, and which concerned the Thuggee in British India rather than the Tong organization in British Hong Kong circa 1910. I deserve it. Thought this was a far better movie than The Stranglers of Bombay. The Terror of the Tongs is a 1961 British adventure film directed by Anthony Bushell and starring Geoffrey Toone, Christopher Lee and Yvonne Monlaur. Gut, man merkt sofort, das man es mit einem Hammerfilm zu tun hat - ist ja auch die uebliche Crew hinter den Kulissen: Drehbuchautor Jimmy Sangster, Kameramann Arthur Grant, Musikkomponist James Bernard, Maskenbildner Roy Ashton (dessen harte Arbeit hier aber darin bestannt, nicht Monster und Vampire zu kreieren, sondern waschechte Briten und Franzosen in Chinesen zu verwandeln) und noch viele weitere. Jackson Sale before being killed in public by a Tong member. Hammer does Yellow Peril with most of the cast in yellow face. Barbara Brown as Helena Sale. Slavery and opium trade in the early 1900's in China with a ruthless Christopher Lee as the leader of the Red Dragon Tongs, a secret society that shows no mercy towards anyone who interfer with their business. If I learned one thing from this movie it's that small rubber hatchets are more effective weapons than revolvers. But it's overall nothing really that memorable. Action från 1961 av Anthony Bushell med Christopher Lee och Yvonne Monlaur. Cosmic Monsters in the United States). The Tongs financed themselves using a protection racket, levying money on shops within their territory, and they marked that territory out in graffiti with their slogan "Tongs Ya Bass".. Background. Includes a torture scene where the hero gets his bones scraped, which seems to be as unpleasant as it sounds. Every Horror Film Made from 1895 - present, The Chronological History of the Cinematic Macabre, Low-Budget & Lurid: A List of Exploitation/Grindhouse Fare (Every Movie on the Grindhouse Cinema Database, Almost), Genre: Exploitation (100 Years: 1896-1995), Period, Peplum, Medieval, Arthurian, Egypt, Arabia, Greece, Rome, Biblical, Swashbuckler, The (Almost) Complete Psychotronic Encyclopedia Of Film, Psychotronic Ultimate Guide (as complete as possible). Embarrassing results. It is flawed. Lee also reported to work on the film after a vacation in Northern Italy with a deep tan, which was problematic for the make-up department since his character was supposed to have very pale skin. The Terror of the Tongs SD 5.80 76 min A secret society of Hong-Kong at the beginning of the century called "The Red Dragon Tong" kidnaps the captain of a ship in the harbour of Hong-Kong as he tries to detain the killers of his daughter. I also really love the ending for some reason. The Terror of the Tongs was quickly shot within the months of April and May 1960. While everyone warns him to just leave things be, he cannot rest until he avenges his daughter. Notes. You can slap as much makeup on him as you want but that accent and voice is a dead giveaway every time. The gang’s Hong Kong leader Chung King orders his men to … It is time to take a look at the last film in Powerhouse Films Hammer Volume 3 boxset with The Terror of the Tongs starring Christopher Lee. Jesus Christ......this was terrible and cringe to watch. British actors trying to play chinese while talking in British accents. By accident, a captain in the British East India Company is caught up in a struggle between the Tongs and a native anti-Tong resistance movement when his daughter is murdered for information that had…. There's a number of…, Most of you who’ve followed me for a while know much I love Hammer’s atmospheric and vibrant production visuals. The film is plagued with many problems, both creative and ethical, but it is really hard to invest yourself into the story when your lead is a Stiff McBlandy who reacts to an unspeakable personal tragedy with all the emotional range of hurting a finger. Der Film ist kein Highlight von Hammer,…, A list that is trying to contain every horror film made that is not lost and is found on the…, 1) Films missing are mainly hardcore porn and TV shows (Hitchcock mysteries namely). When offensively terrible makeup and bad accents on white British people were preferable over just hiring Asian actors in the speaking roles. Worse yet, multitudes of British actors appear as Chinese characters in full make-up with terrible fake accents. Christopher Lee kicks ass as always even if his role/makeup here wouldn’t fly in 2k21 (and rightfully so). It was released three months earlier in the U.S. on 7 July 1958 [1] as a double feature with fellow British sci-fi The Strange World of Planet X (a.k.a. Gone With The Wind is one thing, but it is films like this that need a TCM intro contextualizing it before people watch it. The Terror of the Tongs (Blu-ray) (Import). Narrow vertical theater display; No longer in use. Anyway, he goes about his task with all the subtlety of a bull in a… well, you know. Sociedades secretas, occidentales haciéndose pasar por chinos, drogas en la bebida (que no impiden que el bueno del capitán siga privando el resto de la película), opio, tortura y un montón de topicazos del peligro amarillo capaces de poner tontorrón a Sax Rohmer. Christopher Lee as a Chinese godfather, a couple of years before his Fu Manchu saga. This mainly consists of him wandering into bars or opium dens, grabbing a Chinese person by the throat and bellowing, “TELL ME ABOUT THE TONGS! Regie fuehrte leider nicht Terence Fisher, sondern der hauptsaechlich fuers Fernsehen arbeitende Anthony Bushell (sein einziges Werk fuer Hammer). Captain Jackson Sale arrives in Hong Kong only to see one of his passengers, a Chinese diplomat, cut down by an ax-wielding cultist. The way he reacts to his daughter’s murder, though – it’s as if he’s just received a parking ticket. I enjoyed it enough but can pretty much guarantee I'm not going to remember much of it a few months from now. A bit of fun if you can gloss over the casting of Occidentals in the Chinese parts. I love these realeases, keep 'em coming Indicator! So Mr Ming is bumped off by a Tong agent (killing off Burt Kwouk so early in your film is always a mistake) but not before he passes on a list of high up conspirators hidden in a book offered to Sale's daughter (Barbara Brown), which the bad guys are keen to track down for understandable reasons. The Terror of the Tongs is a 1961 British adventure movie directed by Anthony Bushell and starring Geoffrey Toone, Christopher Lee and Yvonne Monlaur. 1960's The Terror of the Tongs is Hammer's attempt at a Fu Manchu- like story, centering on a 1910 Chinese gang called The Dragon Tong and its Hong Kong henchman Chun King (Christopher Lee, with eye makeup that makes his eyelids begin halfway down his nose). Next. The Terror of the Tongs is a 1961 British adventure film directed by Anthony Bushell and starring Geoffrey Toone, Christopher Lee and Yvonne Monlaur. Tape. I found…, Andrew Liverod 11,593 films 628 18 Edit. The film is a quasi-remake of Hammer's 1959 film The Stranglers of Bombay. TERROR OF THE TONGS was previously on the ICONS OF ADVENTURE set, which every member of this group probably owns. Tongland is a local nickname for the area of Calton, Glasgow controlled in the 1960s by a violent Scottish teenage gang called the Real Calton Tongs. It is set in Hong Kong and follows a mysterious gang known as the Red Dragon Tongs. Just simple and to the point. when i was a kid the perception of china was coloured by comoc books and the morning matinee with flash gordon and emperor ming , , i watch the rapid rise of the country from poverty to industrial world power , yet the last 3 years or so ive been 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. Click image to enlarge. Notice how perfect his English speaking is. Obviously dated but with a good budget and production it's rather watchable considering the era and the throw away nature of many hammer films around this time. Topics Christopher lee, Hammer films, Yvonne Monlaur, James Bernard, Burt Kwouk. The film was distributed in the U.K. by Eros Films Ltd. in October 1958 as The Trollenberg Terror, and in the U.S. by Distributors Corporation of America as The Crawling Eye. El capitán Jacson Sale (una mezcla de Bryan Mills y el Capitán Haddock) se enfrenta a un Fu Manchu de marca blanca entre lingotazo y lingotazo de Brandy. It is included in the “Hammer Films: The Ultimate Collection” box set with The Camp on Blood Island (1958), The Revenge of Frankenstein (1958), The Snorkel (1958), The Stranglers of Bombay (1959), Yesterday’s Enemy (1959), Never Take Candy from a Stranger (1960), Stop Me Before I Kill! There is no agreement on the origin of the name. Directed by Anthony Bushell. even when they needed a Chinese man. Feared immensely, the Tongs have a sacred axe they use to kill their victims. Lot 273 of 443: Lot #273 - TERROR OF THE TONGS (1960) - Sir Christopher Lee's Personal Hammer Publicity Brochure (Autographed), 1960. On the film's opening matinee showing at a Picture House in Sauchiehall Street Glasgow, a crowd of rowdy teenagers and young adults both male and female ran down the street shouting "tongs" causing a melee in which the police had to be called. I recently acquired copies of both Michael Weldon's Psychotronic Encyclopedia and Psychotronic Video Guide and this list is all films…, Criterion Collection + Eureka (Masters of Cinema) + Arrow Video/Academy + Second Run + Third Window + Indicator + BFI…, This list includes all spine numbered Blu-ray titles released by Powerhouse Films under the…. Again, it’s the lone British leader saving the world from people who can’t (or … The film looks good - the color is really vibrant and I enjoyed that. Prev. The plot is set in 1910 in Hong Kong. I do not condone or approve of the portrayal of Asian stereotypes or the practice of whitewashing, this did have some great set design though. It was one that would also serve as a dry run for one of his most famous character portrayals in the later Fu Manchu series of films. Classic Horror by the british Hammer Studios. This page was last edited on 20 February 2021, at 23:08. Terror of the Tongs isn’t alone in Hammer’s filmography, and in multiple ways, mirrors Stranglers of Bombay. The Terror of the Tongs is my least favourite in Indicators third Hammer box but that doesn't mean it's no good. 1961 If you look at it another way . Und die schoenen Eastmancolor Farben. Lot closed - … Go ahead and cancel me if you want. * The Terror of the Tongs, a quasi-remake by Hammer from 1961 The Stranglers of Bombay-Wikipedia One version is told thus: "In the 1960s, in an East-End cinema near Fielden Street, some of a local … Notes:2 years ago I watched the best part of 100 hammer films over Christmas but many obscure ones were just not available. Indeed, scriptwriter Jimmy Sangster went on to denounce it as "the second or third worst piece of writing I ever did". Mill Creek’s Blu-ray contains a 12-page booklet. Christopher Lee Yvonne Monlaur Geoffrey Toone Marne Maitland Brian Worth Ewen Solon Roger Delgado Richard Leech Charles Lloyd Pack Marie Burke Barbara Brown Burt Kwouk Ric Young Bandana Das Gupta Milton Reid, Terror of the Hatchet Men, Geheimbund Hongkong, Röda draken, Den røde drages bande, A Seita do Dragão Vermelho, Il terrore dei Tongs, El terror de la mafia china, 73 mins   Mobile site. Printed by movie studio in limited quantity for theater display. TMDb "Terror of the Tongs" ist einer der unbekannteren Filme aus den goldenen Jahren der britischen Hammer-Studios, inszeniert wurde der Grusel-Krimi 1961. Inspired to…, Rocky LaForge 18,748 films 2,684 59 Edit, The Grindhouse Cinema Database is an online database of cult/exploitation/grindhouse movies from the '30s to the mid/late '80s. Report this film. Terror of the Tongs… Not the best Hammer joint but still a good time that goes down easy. So without further ado here’s my The Terror of the Tongs blu-ray review. . Once again, we have a member of the colonial establishment who stumbles upon a centuries old Oriental conspiracy of violence, which he devotes himself to bringing down. Film data from TMDb. This 1961 offering from Hammer sees Christopher Lee star as the inscrutable leader of Hong Kong's criminal syndicate, the Red Dragon Tong, affording him something of a dry run for his performance as Fu Manchu in several films later in the decade. Lee later said in interviews that the make-up to make him appear into a Chinese in this movie was the most uncomfortable make-up he had to endure up to that time. Und dann natuerlich Christopher Lee als Hauptdarsteller. The film is notable in that is the first Hammer horror film to afford Christopher Lee top billing. It is also an important piece of film history that something like this was perfectly acceptable at one point in time and it was released by a major studio. Star: Geoffrey Toone, Christopher Lee, Yvonne Monlaur, Marne Maitland In many ways, this feels almost like a remake of The Stranglers of Bombay. Solid entertainment from Hammer, with the feel of one of the better Harry Alan Towers productions. MoviePosters.com best resources of original and vintage Movie Posters, Rare movies posters and memorabilia visit our online retail store movieposters.com movie posters, collectibles, memorabilia, movie memorabilia, poster, posters, hollywood memorabilia, movie and memorabilia, original movie posters, reprint posters Christopher Lee is the Tong leader, Chung…, Good Hammer crime-thriller set in Hong Kong in 1910 in which Christopher Lee lends his considerable presence to the role of Chung King, ruthless and cunning leader of the Hong Kong branch of the feared Red Dragon Tong. Nice sets, though. Captain Sale's daughter who is murdered by the tongs. Basically a much weaker The Stranglers of Bombay redux with Tongs instead of Thuggies terrorising white people. Did I just compare Gone With The Wind to Terror of the Tongs? Another quality hammer production featuring Christopher Lee as "not Fu Manchu" overseeing the opium trade in Hong Kong.Great lighting and production value as one would come to expect from a Hammer film. The Terror of the Tongs (1961) is a Hammer Film directed by Anthony Bushell and starring Geoffrey Toone, Christopher Lee and Yvonne Monlaur. It is! The Terror of the Tongs is a weird Hammer film to say the least. In this case, the crusader is sea captain Sale (Geoffrey Toone), who sets out to avenge his daughter (Barbara Brown) after she falls victim to the murderous Tongs, after inadvertently coming into possession of compromising information. Good looking Hammer period thriller benefits from an elaborate studio set built for a TV pilot — Visa to Canton, starring Richard Basehart — which wasn't picked up. © Letterboxd Limited. Aiding him is a young female halfcaste, Lee, who, 15 years earlier, was sold by the tongs into bonded slavery. Read movie and film review for The Terror of the Tongs (1961) - Anthony Bushell on AllMovie - Hammer Films followed up the exotic,… Original. . A line of dialogue more than implies that this kind of violence, as well as the distribution of opium and white sex slave trade (both of which the Tong are involved with) is something that the people of Hong Kong are capable of, whereas the British are not. There are two scenes where people are shot multiple times and do not go down immediately, but the hatchet to the back works every time. 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. Lee isn't the only Hammer regular to appear, with Marne Maitland given a rare opportunity…. IMDb Unknown to Jackson, Harcourt, a district supervisor of the East India Company is a tong … The diversity police would have a field day on this British made film set in Hong Kong, I guess there weren't enough Chinese actors in England in the 1960s?.Anyway, it's a pretty good crime thriller that like many films of this period needed a better budget and less plot holes. In the year of 1910, Hong Kong members of the secret Red Dragon Tong crime family protect their identities by murdering Helena Sale, the daughter of Captain Jackson Sale, a British sea officer who vows revenge and defies the spread of fear created by the tongs. Both are period pieces set in a British colony, in which an English hero goes up against a dark organization that is spreading terror in the local population. Horror, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Spy, Super-Hero, JD, Thriller and Noir films, that's what we like, and a recurring theme in a lot of those kinds of movies has always been music! TERROR OF THE TONGS: This is a rarely seen on TV film from Hammer studios, I can only guess because of the PC brigade getting hot under the collar over white English actors being made up to look Chinese. Insert. A fittingly Sax Rohmer-esque style 'Yellow Peril' story, The Terror of the Tongs is surprisingly not as racist as you may initially fear - yes, it has several white actors donning the unfortunate 'slitty-eyed' make-up, but in the main they all speak with RP English accents as opposed to the offensive 'velly solly' pidgin English cliche - but it's also a good deal more mediocre than you might imagine. More details at Similar Items. To this day in Glasgow gang culture the cry of "tongs ya bass" can often be heard wherever youths come together to fight in a show of territorial loyalty. 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