It's the picture that has the whole town shivering!
It is prior to the commencement of 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 likeness.
Black Dragons (1942) is a thriller, mystery and horror film directed by William Nigh, released on March 6, 1942 with a runtime of 1h 4m. It stars Bela Lugosi, Clayton Moore, Joan Barclay and George Pembroke. Viewers rate it 4.6 out of 10 across 28 ratings.
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Bela Lugosi
as Dr. Melcher/ Monsieur Colomb
Clayton Moore
as FBI Agent Richard ‘Dick’ Martin
Joan Barclay
as Alice Saunders
George Pembroke
as Dr. William Saunders
Robert Frazer
as Amos Hanlin
Robert Fiske
as Phillip Wallace
Irving Mitchell
as John Van Dyke
Edward Peil Sr.
as Ryder
Kenneth Harlan
as FBI Chief Colton
Max Hoffman Jr.
as Kearney
Joseph Eggenton
as Stevens
I. Stanford Jolley
as The Dragon
Directed by William Nigh, written by Harvey Gates, Robert Kehoe and Harvey Gates, produced by Sam Katzman and Jack Dietz.
Average viewer score of 4.6/10 from 28 ratings.
If this isn't a piece of propaganda, then I shall never know what it. A secret Japanese society (think Yakuza meets Fu Manchu) gets the Nazis to send an evil doctor to substitute some important American industrialists whose future role will be to sabotage arms production plants during the war (that we didn't know we were going to have yet...!). Those devious Japanese, though, double-cross "Dr. Melcher" (Bela…
Reviewed on June 26, 2022
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Black Dragons (1942) is available to stream on fuboTV, Philo, MGM Plus Roku Premium Channel, MGM Plus, FlixFling, IndieFlix and Artiflix, and to rent or buy from FlixFling. Streaming availability is checked against JustWatch data and can change by region.
The main cast of Black Dragons (1942) includes Bela Lugosi, Clayton Moore, Joan Barclay, George Pembroke and Robert Frazer. The film was directed by William Nigh. You can see the full cast and crew list, with character names, further up this page.
Black Dragons was released on March 6, 1942 and runs for 1h 4m.
Black Dragons (1942) holds an average rating of 4.6 out of 10 from 28 viewer votes, and is a good pick if you enjoy thriller, mystery and horror films. Read the viewer reviews on this page to decide for yourself.
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