The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go
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Directed by | Burgess Meredith |
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Produced by |
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Starring | See below |
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Distributed by | National General Pictures |
Release date | 1970 |
Running time | 89 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
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.
Plot summary[]
An American draft dodger and aspiring writer named Nero Finnigan (Jeff Bridges) becomes involved with the notorious Mr. Go (James Mason), an oriental organized crime mastermind. They conspire to blackmail an American weapons scientist into providing secrets to Mr. Go's organization for resale to the highest bidder. 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[]
- James Mason as Y.Y. Go
- Jack MacGowran as Leo Zimmerman
- Irene Tsu as Tah-Ling
- Jeff Bridges as Nero Finnegan
- Peter Lind Hayes as Prof. Robert Bannister
- Clarissa Kaye-Mason as Zelda
- Burgess Meredith as The Dolphin
- as Dr. Ading
- King Hu as Ito Suzuki
- Broderick Crawford as Parker
- Jay Adler as Dr. Yul
- as Miss Hagen
Soundtrack[]
- "The Yin and the Yang" (Music by Robert O. Ragland, lyrics by )
- "To Be Free" (Music by Robert O. Ragland, lyrics by Marcia Waldorf)
- "Tah-Ling" (Music by Robert O. Ragland, lyrics by Marcia Waldorf)
- "Images and Reflections" (Music by Robert O. Ragland, lyrics by Marcia Waldorf)
References[]
Further reading[]
- Lisanti, Tom, "Fantasy femmes of sixties cinema: interviews with 20 actresses from biker, beach, and Elvis movies", McFarland Publishing, 2001. Cf. pp.158-169 for entry on Irene Tsu which also has a discussion of the film on page 165.
External links[]
Categories:
- English-language films
- 1970 films
- British films
- 1970s mystery thriller films
- British mystery thriller films
- Films scored by Robert O. Ragland
- 1970s thriller film stubs