
Black Dragons
Black Dragons is a 1942 American film directed by William Nigh and starring Bela Lugosi, Joan Barclay, and George Pembroke. The cast includes Clayton Moore, who plays a handsome detective. The Black Dragon Society also appears in Let's Get Tough! a 1942 East Side Kids film made by the same team of writer Harvey Gates and producer Sam Katzman.
Plot
It is prior to the American entry into 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 likenesses. Dr. Melcher is condemned to a lifetime of imprisonment so the secret may die with him.
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author | Harvey Gates |
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director | William Nigh |
editor | Carl Pierson |
events | mad scientist World War II |
genre | science fiction |
keywords | black dragon society condemn evil plot murder nazi secret mission |
musicBy | Johnny Lange |
producer | Barney Sarecky Jack Dietz Sam Katzman |
productionCompany | Banner Pictures Corporation |
publisher | Monogram Pictures Corporation |
theme | mad scientist propaganda spy war |