The Peking Medallion
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Language English | 5.6/10 IMDb Genre Adventure, Crime, Drama Duration Country GermanyFranceItaly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Director James HillFrank Winterstein Release date 20 January 1967 Screenplay Brian Clemens, Ladislas Fodor, Georges Farrel, Harald Bloom Cast Similar movies The Lookout (2012) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Peking Medallion, also called The Corrupt Ones, is a 1967 crime film directed by James Hill and Frank Winterstein and starring Elke Sommer, Robert Stack, Nancy Kwan and Werner Peters. The film was a co-production between France, Italy and West Germany although it was shot in English. The films German-language title is Die Hölle von Macao .
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Synopsis
A freelance photographer discovers an ancient treasure, the Peking Medallion - which also attracts the attention of a number of criminal gangs.
Cast
Reception
In 1967 Tony Mastroianni's review Cleveland Press stated the film was "handsomely photographed" and merited recognition for its pace but he also criticized "unnecessarily sadistic torture sequences".
Music
The title song, also entitled "The Corrupt Ones", was performed by Dusty Springfield. It appeared as the B-side of her US Top 40 single "I'll Try Anything" in early 1967.
References
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