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Directed by
  
John Cromwell

Music by
  
Tito Arevalo

Initial release
  
October 1959 (USA)

Screenplay
  
Eddie Romero

Initial DVD release
  
7 October 2003

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Written by
  
Eddie Romero

Cinematography
  
Felipe Sacdalan

Director
  
John Cromwell

Music director
  
Tito Arévalo

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Produced by
  
Kane W. Lynn Eddie Romero

Starring
  
Vince Edwards Carol Ohmart

Cast
  
Vince Edwards, Carol Ohmart, Vic Diaz, Richard Loo, Tamar Benamy

Similar
  
Vince Edwards movies, Film noir

The Scavengers is a 1959 Filipino crime film that was directed by John Cromwell. Shot on location in the Crown Colony of Hong Kong, it was the first film produced by former US Navy fighter pilot and Philippine resident Kane W. Lynn and Eddie Romero. It was released as a double feature in the US with Terror Is a Man by Hal Roach's Valiant Pictures.

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It was rereleased in 1963 as City of Sin by Lynn's new company Hemisphere Pictures.

Plot

Former Korean War pilot Stuart Allison has been searching the Orient for his wife who deserted him six years ago. Now running a smuggling operation in Hong Kong, he sights his wife Marian boarding a ferry to Macau. Allison is pursued by both the Royal Hong Kong Police and a mystery man named O'Hara who inform him that his wife is now a cocaine addict and involved in smuggling stolen bonds embezzled by a missing former Nationalist Chinese general.

Cast

  • Vince Edwards ... Stuart Allison
  • Carol Ohmart ... Marian Allison
  • Richard Loo ... General Woo
  • Tamar Benamy ... Marissa
  • John Wallace ... Taggert
  • Efren Reyes, Sr. ... Puan
  • Vic Diaz ... Casimir O'Hara
  • Mario Barri ... HK Police Inspector
  • Eddie Infante
  • Renato Robles
  • Production

    The film was director John Cromwell's penultimate feature film. Making their debuts in the film were Jerusalem born dancer Tamar Benamy (born Tamar Ben-Ami March 9, 1937 - August 31, 1997) and RTHK broadcaster John Wallace who also appeared in Ferry to Hong Kong. The film is credited as "introducing" Vic Diaz though he had previously appeared in several Philippine films.

    References

    The Scavengers (1959 film) Wikipedia