The read
Critics rate it 22 points higher than audiences do. It runs a compact 1h 2m.
Synopsis
In the middle of a pictorial lecture on his recent expedition to the Mongolian Desert, Dr. John Benton,the famous explorer, drinks from the water bottle on his lecture table, collapses and dies. His last words "Eternal Fire" are the only clue Chinese detective Jimmy Wong and Captain Street of the police department have to work on.
Ratings
IMDb5.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes80%
Critics rate it 22 points higher than audiences do.
18 audience votes
Key crew
- Phil RosenDirector
- George WaggnerScreenplay
Cast
- Keye LukeJames Lee Wong
- Lotus LongWin Lee, Benton's Secretary
- Grant WithersPolice Captain Street
- Charles MillerDr. John Benton / Cyrus Benton in Newspaper (as Charles Miller)
- Huntley GordonDr. Norman Wilkes
- Virginia CarpenterLouise Benton
- John DilsonCharlie Frasier
- Paul McVeyDetective Grady
- John HollandMason
- Richard TerryToreno
- Robert KellardTommy Dean
- Willy CastelloJonas