Catangro After playing with our expectations, this turns out to be a very different sort of film.

Lachlan Coulson This is a gorgeous movie made by a gorgeous spirit.

Lela The tone of this movie is interesting -- the stakes are both dramatic and high, but it's balanced with a lot of fun, tongue and cheek dialogue.

Bob This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

krocheav Multi talented Australian writer/director James Clavel, for his second Hollywood feature, picked an interesting historical situation and fascinating hand picked international cast to bring his story to life. His characters are rich and varied and well defined, mixing a multinational group of people brought together in the developing days of the west. It's been said Mr. Clavel had difficulty deciding on the right way to finish, so shot two alternate endings and at one stage both ran simultaneously in two Cinemas. The ending presented on TCM was regarded as the strongest and was adopted for the subsequent world market release. Award Winner Loyal Griggs (Shane) provides the fine B/W photography with Paul Dunlap's lovely music score blending perfectly. It's a thoughtful look at a young nation in its formative years and makes for a better than average mild budget western.

dahlswede Walk Like a Dragon (1960) was a courageous and important film. Released in an era when segregated facilities, transportation, schools and residential neighborhoods still existed in many part of the South in the United States, and at a time when the public debate about racial equality and African-American Civil Rights occupied the attention of an increasing number of Americans, it broke many unspoken Hollywood conventions of its day.Although the script now in some places seems painfully stereotyped, it provided substantive roles in a period when box office racism in Hollywood often limited the scope and range of the parts available for minority stars to play. Walk Like a Dragon (1960) benefits both from a well crafted script by Daniel Mainwaring and James Clavell, and from an extremely talented roster of players. The cast included the late Nobu McCarthy portraying "Kim Sung", the heroine of the story, Jack Lord as her would-be rescuer ("Lincoln Bartlett"), and James Shigeta as "Cheng Lu", a recent immigrant smitten by her charms. Josephine Hutchinson, Mel Torme, Benson Fong and Lilyan Chauvin also appear in pivotal supporting roles.The film uncompromisingly depicts the cruel exploitation and racism often encountered by Chinese immigrants in the United States, a young nation which promulgated ideals of civil rights but often found upholding that standard impossible in practice. But the writers do so within the context of also addressing many of the less attractive medieval aspects of Chinese society during the 1800s, including slavery, racism, rural poverty, the oppression and humiliation of poor people by an entrenched wealthy ruling class and, especially, the inferior status accorded to women in traditional Chinese society.Set in the aftermath of the Civil War in the West, the story centers around the dilemma facing Kim Sung,a young slave who had been transported from China to the United States to be sold as a brothel worker. In the West, she attracts the romantic interest of two men, a Civil War veteran with strong anti-slavery views and a young worker from China disappointed by the lack of opportunity, and the lack of respect, he encounters in the USA. Sheltered by Ma Bartlett, Lincoln Bartlett's strong-willed and influential mother, a devout Christian, Kim Sung suddenly finds herself in a position to make independent choices for the first time in her life. But she discovers that the society at large around them does not really value her new found civil rights. She is equal in the eyes of the law but not in reality. How she resolves this conflict speaks volumes about individualism and community in multicultural societies.This film does have some violence and adult themes, but it is probably suitable for older youngsters because the content is not graphic, especially by today's standards.

whpratt1 This film took me by surprise as a Western which deals with racial problems and people in a local town becoming quite upset with a certain affair that seems to be blooming in their community. Jack Lord, (Linc Bartlett) comes back to his home town with a sidekick named Cheng Lee, (James Shigeta) who is Chinese and as they conduct their business in town Linc notices a large crowd and finds out they are sell Chinese people as slaves. There is a very young Chinese girl about 19 years of age and she is being sold, Linc becomes very upset and claims America has just fought a Civil War against slavery and he buys this young girls freedom and sets her free. However, his Chinese friend Cheng Lee tells him this girl, Kim Sung, (Nobu McCarthy) has no place to go and does not speak English and she considers Linc her master. In this film, Mel Torme, (The Deason) sings and also plays a straight role as a gunslinger who even kills a man in self-defense. There is also a funny game that Linc plays in a local saloon which deals with two cockroaches, one marked white and people bet on which one of the roaches will get out of a circle on the table. The roaches are kept under a glass and then released when the bets are all made. This film shows racial tensions among the people of the town toward Linc and Kim Sung because they all notice a romantic relationship growing between this couple and mixing races in this Western town is looked at with horror. This is a great film for 1960 and you will never be able to figure out just how Linc & Kim Sung will settle this problem. Enjoy

lobowolf The movie is very typical of westerns with the exception of the role played by Mel Torme. Also it was different with a chinese man becoming a gunfighter. Very unusual for that time era. Jack Lord plays the usual hero. Protect the girl - fall for the girl - lose the girl.