Dragon by the Tail (1961)
Josephine Little, an expatriate American importer-exporter of sometimes unscrupulous dealings, is recruited by Central Intellegence Agency operatives in Hong Kong to help recover an American born scientist away from the communists, holding him him in North Viet Nam. She goes through with the dangerous mission, in hopes of securing a scrap metal deal with the U.S. government.
- Date of release
- 1961-01-30
- Runtime
- 25m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Jacques Tourneur
Casting
- Barbara Stanwyck — Self - Host/Josephine Little
- Anna May Wong — A-Hsing
- J. Pat O'Malley — Captain Steve Connors
- Russell Arms — James Horn
- Arthur Gould-Porter — Sir Cedric Carstairs
- George Givot — Nick Patros
- James Hong — Sam Wong
- Weaver Levy — Charley
- Philip Ahn — Lee Chin
- Harold Innocent — Binky Carstairs
- Leslie Hunt — Mavis (as Lesley Hunt)
- Victor Sen Yung — Dr. Wing Chin-Ni
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