The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go

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The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go
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Film poster
Directed by Burgess Meredith
Written by
Produced by
StarringSee below
Narrated by Valentine Dyall
Cinematography
Edited by
Music by
Distributed by National General Pictures
Release date
  • 1970 (1970)
Running time
89 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go is a 1970 British thriller film directed by Burgess Meredith. It was shot in Hong Kong and Toronto, Canada.

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Plot

An American army deserter, fanatic and aspiring writer named Nero Finnigan, living in Hong Kong becomes involved with the notorious Mr. Go, a half Chinese half Mexican organized crime mastermind. They conspire to blackmail an American weapons scientist, professor Bannister, into providing secrets to Mr. Go's organization for resale to the highest bidder, and Go secretly films the bisexual Bannister having sex with Nero. [1]

Leo Zimmerman, who is an American CIA agent and James Joyce scholar, then arrives and is charged with recovering the scientist and his work by whatever means necessary.

Cast

Soundtrack

Production

The film was shot on location in Hong Kong, except for the CIA boardroom scenes. [1] The production ran out of money and was officially never completed. It was release in Southeast Asia as The Third Eye. The scenes featuring Broderick Crawford was believed to have been added later. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Psychotronic Video 40", Psychotronic Video No. 40. 2004 p 63–64.
  2. Kevin Sweeney. James Mason : a bio-bibliography p 34, 1999.

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