Black Dragons (1942)

Name: Black Dragons
Director: William Nigh
Genre: Thriller, War
Released: 1942-03-06
Duration: 1 h 4 min
Rating: 4.3
Cast: Bela Lugosi, Joan Barclay, George Pembroke, Clayton Moore

Approved | 64 min | Thriller, War

A cabal of American industrialists, all fifth-columnists intent on sabotaging the war effort, are methodically murdered by the malevolent Monsieur Colomb. It is only until detective Dick ... See full summary »

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Bela Lugosi

Dr. Melcher aka Monsieur Colomb
Joan Barclay

Alice Saunders
George Pembroke

Dr. Bill Saunders
Clayton Moore

Dick Martin
Robert Frazer

Amos Hanlin
Edward Peil Sr.

Ryder

(as Edward Piel Sr.)
Robert Fiske

Phillip Wallace
Irving Mitchell

John Van Dyke
Kenneth Harlan

FBI Chief Colton
Max Hoffman Jr.

Kearney
Frank Melton

FBI Agent
Joseph Eggenton

Stevens
I. Stanford Jolley

The Dragon

(as Stanford Jolley)

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4 July 2004 | dbborroughs

| A fun mess for 2 A.M.

The plot of this movie concerns Bela Lugosi killing off rich powerful Americans. Why this is occurring isn't explained until the very end and even then it makes no sense. I have the feeling this was one type of thriller that they grafted a war angle on to when Pearl Harbor was attacked.

Is this a good movie? Not in the conventional sense. Its a warm and fuzzy film with some murder and Bela and feels like the all night monster movie marathons that used to play on TV. I've seen this film several times now, usually late at night, and it some how comforts me. I don't know if its a childhood thing or what but its nice to know that somethings never change, like the (not quite) bad Bela movies of old.

Should you see it? Why not, it can't hurt. Its a movie that makes no sense and just sort of is. Just remember if you so watch it make sure you're tucked into bed and the lights are off...

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Filming began January 22, 1942, one of Hollywood's earliest replies to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor a month earlier. This was the third of Bela Lugosi's nine Monogram features.

Quotes

Monsieur Colomb: When a young woman's nerves commence to give way it is time she sought refuge in a strong man's arms.
Alice Saunders: I just ran into yours.
Monsieur Colomb: Mine might be dangerous.

Goofs

At the 47:30 minute mark, a plane carrying Dick Martin is flying right to left across the screen, with a visible logo of "The Great Silver Fleet". At the 49:58 minute mark, the plane is now flying back to Washington, DC, and it is flying in the reverse direction, from left to right across the screen. The logo is indecipherable because it is actually the same shot seen earlier, just played back in reverse. All the letters are in mirror image.