A somewhat prim and proper Englishman is hired as the tutor to the son of the Japanese ambassador. His life changes when he and the boy are kidnapped by terrorists for political purposes.
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Cast
| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| David Niven | ... | 'Major' Bradbury | |
| Toshirô Mifune | ... | The Ambassador (as Toshiro Mifune) | |
| Hardy Krüger | ... | Muller (as Hardy Kruger) | |
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Ando | ... | Koichi |
| Irene Tsu | ... | Talah | |
| Ivan Desny | ... | Foreign Minister | |
| Miiko Taka | ... | Madame Kagoyama | |
| Jeff Corey | ... | Mr. King | |
| Patricia Donahue | ... | Mrs. King | |
| Ronald Fraser | ... | Sergeant Forster | |
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Jeannine Siniscal | ... | Foreign Minister's Girl |
| Kurt Christian | ... | Harok | |
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Mika Kitagawa | ... | Ambassador's Secretary |
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Eric Soh | ... | Pathet |
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Salleh Ben Joned | ... | Sokono (as Salleh Joned) |
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A somewhat prim and proper Englishman is hired as the tutor to the son of the Japanese ambassador. His life changes when he and the boy are kidnapped by terrorists for political purposes.
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Country:
UKLanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
5 November 1975 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Tigre de papel See more »Company Credits
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MacLean and Company, Euan Lloyd Productions, National Philharmonic Orchestra See more »
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Color (Technicolor)Aspect Ratio:
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The events in which they become involved are, unhappily, happening almost daily in some part of the world.
It must therefore be emphasised that all the characters are fictitious, as is the country in which the story takes place.
KULAGONG is somewhere in South East Asia. See more »
(closing theme)
Lyrics: Sammy Cahn
Music: Roy Budd
Sung by Ray Conniff Singers
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Music recorded at Olympic Studios, London. Engineered by Keith Grant. Produced by Jack Fishman who also supervised the soundtrack album. All music published by Famous Music Corporation. See more »Goofs
When the Bedford 4-Ton truck is tipped over the cliff, the model that's initially pushed with a digger is the mid 1970's model previously driven into the scene, but the one that tumbles down the hill is a much older (late 1950's/early 1960's) model with different style of cab. See more »Crazy Credits
Opening credits prologue: This is the story of a man and a boy.The events in which they become involved are, unhappily, happening almost daily in some part of the world.
It must therefore be emphasised that all the characters are fictitious, as is the country in which the story takes place.
KULAGONG is somewhere in South East Asia. See more »
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My Little Friend(closing theme)
Lyrics: Sammy Cahn
Music: Roy Budd
Sung by Ray Conniff Singers
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Simple premise of don't pretend to be what you are not. Safe family action film that is quite well acted and with decent cine-photographic shots of the far east ( think might be Hong Kong area ). Well acted with a safe plot. Motto of the story being not to pretend you are something you are not cause it could bite you in the arse..