Walk Like a Dragon (1960)
1h 35m
Running Time
June 1, 1960Release Date
Plot.
California, 1870s. The cowboy Lincoln 'Linc' Bartlett finds out there's a slave auction of Chinese women in San Francisco and he intervenes and purchases the Chinese Kim Sung from the auction with the intent of setting her free. But it doesn't occur to Linc that setting her free isn't enough. Where is she going to go? Kim doesn't speak English and she's just going to be exploited by somebody else. Linc takes Kim home to serve as a housekeeper. Ma Bartlett Linc's mother, is not happy that a Chinese girl is living in her home, and even less happy when Kim and her son fall in love. Their affair also arouses the jealousy of Cheng Lu, a Chinese immigrant.
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Cast & Crew.
Jack Lord
Linc Bartlett
Nobu McCarthy
Kim Sung
James Shigeta
Cheng Lu
Mel Tormé
The Deacon
Josephine Hutchinson
Ma Bartlett
James Clavell
Director
Rodolfo Acosta
Sheriff Marguelez
Daniel Mainwaring
Writer
Benson Fong
Wu / Technical Advisor
Paul Dunlap
Composer
Michael Pate
Rev. Will Allen
Loyal Griggs
Cinematographer
Lilyan Chauvin
Mme. Lili Raide
Howard A. Smith
Editor
Don Kennedy
Masters
Don Barry
Cabot
Lester Matthews
Peter Mott
Michael Ross
Taffy
Charles Irwin
Angus
Tom Kennedy
Jethro the Bartender
Tony Young
Cabot
Natalie Trundy
Mrs. Susan Allen
Allen Jaffe
Breed
Hal Pereira
Art Direction
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Walk Like a Dragon is a 1960 American Western film directed by James Clavell, written by James Clavell and Daniel Mainwaring, and starring Jack Lord, Nobu McCarthy, James Shigeta, Mel Tormé, Josephine Hutchinson, Rodolfo Acosta and Benson Fong. It was released on June 1, 1960, by Paramount Pictures.The film has a retroactive connection to Clavell's later Asian Saga novels; the 1981 novel Noble House features a character named Lincoln Bartlett who is said to be a descendant of the similarly named character played by Jack Lord in this movie.