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Black Dragons

Released Mar 6, 1942 1h 2m Horror List
Tomatometer 1 Reviews 18% Popcornmeter 250+ Ratings
At the height of World War II, several industrialists are found dead at the Japanese Embassy in Washington, D.C. The industrialists, who tried to subvert American war efforts, were murdered by Monsieur Colombe (Bela Lugosi), who is staying at the home of another noted industrialist, Dr. Bill Saunders (George Pembroke). Saunders doesn't realize his life is in danger, but a federal agent, Richard Martin (Clayton Moore), soon arrives on the scene to unravel a shocking conspiracy.
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Ken Hanke Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) All in all, Black Dragons is deliciously silly with some magnificently dopey dialogue. Rated: 4/5 Nov 21, 2013 Full Review Read all reviews

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martin a This is a great story, a surgeon is hired by a group of Chinese to perform plastic surgery on them and change their identity to Western men After the surgeon has done his job, they then lock him up with plans to kill him. He then escapes and hunts down the men he changed and kills them one by one. A great story, but in parts the film's sound is poor and needs restoring. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Cloak & dagger "B" movie notable for two actors best known as the fictional characters of Dracula and the Lone Ranger. The final half hour increasingly stretches the plot beyond believably, but is interesting in that the adage "the enemy of my enemy is still my enemy". This film was released several months after the US declared war on Germany & Japan - and introduced the idea that the axis were not working together. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/25/23 Full Review Audience Member Lugosi makes Black Dragons great like most of his roles! Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/13/23 Full Review Audience Member More Monogram tripe with some hilariously daft plot twists--Wartime Mystery Thriller has Lugosi in fine form as colorful bad guy!! Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/22/23 Full Review Audience Member Not horrible, but not too interesting either. The plot is kind of shallow, and Lugosi doesn't really do a whole lot. It's a somewhat decent murder mystery, but it's fades away before it gets entertaining. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/02/23 Full Review Audience Member Il y a des films qui n'ont absolument rien à dire. Black Dragons en est un, ce contentant d'enchaîner des meurtres maladroitement en tournant les coins rond. Par chance que le film ne dure qu'une simple heure, puisque des ajouts inutiles l'auraient rendu complètement médiocre. Étant donné sa longueur, il reste potable lorsqu'on est dans le mood. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/20/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis At the height of World War II, several industrialists are found dead at the Japanese Embassy in Washington, D.C. The industrialists, who tried to subvert American war efforts, were murdered by Monsieur Colombe (Bela Lugosi), who is staying at the home of another noted industrialist, Dr. Bill Saunders (George Pembroke). Saunders doesn't realize his life is in danger, but a federal agent, Richard Martin (Clayton Moore), soon arrives on the scene to unravel a shocking conspiracy.
Director
William Nigh
Producer
Jack Dietz, Sam Katzman
Screenwriter
Harvey Gates
Distributor
Monogram Pictures Corporation
Production Co
Monogram, Sam Katzman Productions
Genre
Horror
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Mar 6, 1942, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Jul 2, 2016
Runtime
1h 2m
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