Code Name Alpha (aka Red Dragon) 1965

[mickey]

Greetings,

This is one of those Eurospy movies that starred Stewart Granger. Of interest is that one of the henchmen in the movie is Yuen Shao Tien, the father of Yuen Woo Ping. It is possible that he helped staged the struggle that took place @1:05:32. The movement the protagonist displayed at 1:06:04 is from 4 bag, 4 directional striking, a training method that Yuen Shao Tien was privy to. What is horrible is that the actors never get his name right. At the beginning, he is called Confucius. Later on, he is called Chan and seconds after that, it is something like Charn. That really sucks, but it says alot about the level of cultural sensitivity the time the film was made. Yuen Shao Tien's presence was uncredited.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r06HorqQrDE

Note: Yuen Shao Tien's presence is not a major one, at all. Still, one can see that he was very fit looking for a 53 year old. Especially during that time period. People usually did not have it together like that during that time @ his age.


mickey