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Steve Peck | ... |
Hal Weston
(as Steven Piccaro)
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Lisa Lu | ... |
Li Sheng
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Berry Kroeger | ... |
Petrie / Osgood
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Bob Okazaki | ... |
Dr. Sheng
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Anna Lee Carroll | ... |
Janet Oberon
(as Ann Carroll)
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Tom Daly | ... |
Mr. Davalos
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Ivan Bonar | ... |
Jacobs
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Norman Burton |
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Lee Frederick |
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Hideo Inamura |
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Lloyd Kino |
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Paule Lakis |
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Dal McKennon |
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William O'Connell |
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George Riley |
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Directed by
Maury Dexter |
Written by
Russ Bender | ... | (screenplay) |
Edward J. Lakso | ... | (screenplay) |
Harry Spalding | ... | (story) |
Produced by
Maury Dexter | ... | producer |
Music by
Henry Vars |
Cinematography by
Floyd Crosby |
Editing by
Jodie Copelan | ||
Carl Pierson |
Set Decoration by
Harry Reif |
Makeup Department
Harry Thomas | ... | makeup artist |
Production Management
Harold E. Knox | ... | production supervisor |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Willard Kirkham | ... | assistant director |
Art Department
Mike Gordon | ... | property master |
Sound Department
Arthur Cornell | ... | supervising sound editor (as Jack Cornall) |
Frank McWhorter | ... | sound |
Music Department
Henry Vars | ... | conductor |
Script and Continuity Department
Dixie McCoy | ... | script supervisor |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Twentieth Century Fox (1962) (United States) (theatrical)
- Twentieth Century Fox Film Company (1962) (United Kingdom) (theatrical)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- Continental Sound Corporation of Hollywood (sound facilities)
Storyline
Plot Summary |
Hal Weston arrives in Los Angeles in search of his ex-wife Nora Petrie, whose current husband, Petrie, once a partner with Weston in the import business, recently died. Nora divorced Hal shortly after Petrie, who was using the firm as a front for smuggling dope, escaped from the New York police. Weston contacts Osgood, a former employee of Petrie's, and asks him to aid in the search for Nora. In the Oriental section of L.A., he learns from Li Sheng that Nora was a dope addict. Also learning that Nora had plans of going to the Orient on her husband's insurance money, he discovers that the picture on her passport belongs to another woman. He confronts Dr. Sheng, Li Sheng's father, about Petrie's death certificate. Later, receiving a call from Dr. Sheng to meet him at the Observatory, Weston is attacked by two thugs but escapes. Li Sheng is waiting for him and accuses him of murdering her father. Nora's body has been discovered in Petrie's coffin,proving to Weston that Petrie killed Nora, bribed the mortuary assistant to put her in a casket with his name on it after bribing Dr. Sheng to falsify his death certificate, and hired another woman to masquerade as Nora. He learns the whereabouts of Petrie from Janet Oberon, the woman posing as Nora. He finds Petrie with his face swathed in bandages, the result of plastic surgery by Dr. Sheng. Osgood enters with a gun, shielding himself behind Li Sheng, and stops Weston from attacking Petrie. The latter is forced to remove his bandages when Weston throws alcohol in his face and his face has been changed to resemble Osgood.
Written by Les Adams |
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