Red Dragon (1965 film)

Red Dragon
Directed byErnst Hofbauer
Written byHannes-Karl Kubiak
Based onRiver of the Three Junks (novel)
by Georges Godefroy
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyWerner M. Lenz
Edited by
Music byRiz Ortolani
Production
companies
  • Arca-Filmproduktion
  • Produzioni Europee Associati
Distributed byConstantin Film
Release date
  • 16 July 1965 (1965-07-16) (West Germany)
Running time
88 minutes
Countries
  • West Germany
  • Italy
LanguageGerman
Box office
  • 114,597 admissions (France)
  • 933,983 admissions (Spain)[1]

Red Dragon (German: Das Geheimnis der drei Dschunken, lit.'The Secret of the Three Junks', Italian: A-009 missione Hong Kong) is a 1965 West German-Italian spy film directed by Ernst Hofbauer and starring Stewart Granger, Rosanna Schiaffino, and Margit Saad.[2] It was released in Germany as Das Geheimnis der drei Dschunken and A 009 missione Hong Kong in Italy. It was released in the United States as a double feature with Lightning Bolt by Woolner Brothers in 1967 under the title Code Name Alpha.[3]

The film's sets were designed by the art director Max Mellin. It was shot on location in Hong Kong.

The film is based on the 1952 novel Les Gentlemen de Hong Kong by Georges Godefroy that was made into the French spy film The River of Three Junks (1957) set in Saigon.

  1. ^ Box office information for Stewart Granger films in France at Box Office Story
  2. ^ Goble, p. 183.
  3. ^ "Red Dragon (Das Geheimnis der drei Dschunken)". Monthly Film Bulletin. 35 (408). London: 41. 1 January 1968.