Coffin from Hong Kong (film)

1964 film

James Hadley Chase (novel)
Manfred R. Köhler

Produced by

Wolf C. Hartwig
Erwin C. Dietrich

Starring

Heinz Drache
Elga Andersen
Ralf Wolter

CinematographyKlaus von RautenfeldEdited by

Walter Boos
Anni Lautenbacher

Music by

Karl Barthel
Fred Strittmatter

Production
companies

Rapid Film
Les Films Jacques Leitienne

Distributed byConstantin Film

Release date

21 August 1964 (1964-08-21)

Running time

93 minutesCountryWest GermanyLanguageGerman

Coffin from Hong Kong (German: Ein Sarg aus Hongkong) is a 1964 West German thriller film directed by Manfred R. Köhler and starring Heinz Drache, Elga Andersen and Ralf Wolter.^[1] It is based on the 1962 novel of the same title by James Hadley Chase.

The film's sets were designed by the art director Nino Borghi. Location shooting took place in Hong Kong and London.

Cast

Heinz Drache as Nelson Ryan
Elga Andersen as Stella
Ralf Wolter as Bob Tooly
Sabine Sesselmann as Janet West
Angela Yu Chien as Lee Lai ^[2]
Tommy Ray as Inspector Chang
Monika John as Miss Dickens
Greta Chi as Jo Ann Jefferson
Angela Bo as Yu Pei
Henri Guégan as Fighter
Pierre Richard as Henry Gilbert
Michael Bulmer as Mr. Belling
René Scheibli as Anthony
Willy Birgel as William Jefferson

References

^ Bock & Bergfelder p. 44
^ "Angela Yu Chien". hkmdb.com. Retrieved 6 November 2020.

Bibliography

Bock, Hans-Michael; Bergfelder, Tim, eds. (2009). The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. New York: Berghahn Books. ISBN 978-1-57181-655-9.