The Green Hornet (1974)
After the superstardom and early death of Bruce Lee, 20th Century Fox decided to cobble together a couple of theatrical feature films from this property, of which this 1974 effort is the first. The bulk of the film consists of four episodes crudely spliced together. Scattered throughout are bizarrely irrelevant fight scenes from other episodes, which make the already disjointed plotting quite surreal. The television image was cropped to make a widescreen film, which means the tops of heads and hats are lopped off the frame with alarming regularity.
Directors:
William Beaudine, Norman Foster, E. Darrell Hallenbeck.
Writers:
Ken Pettus, Charles Hoffman.
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Van Williams as Britt Reid / The Green Hornet |
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Bruce Lee as Kato |
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Charles Bateman as Quentin Crane |
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Geoffrey Horne as Peter Eden |
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Mako as Low Sing |
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Wende Wagner as Lenore Case |
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Lloyd Gough as Mike Axford |
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Walter Brooke as Dist. Atty Scanlon |
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Robert Strauss as Bud Crocker |
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Tom Drake as Duke Slate |
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Larry D. Mann as Dr. Eric Mabouse |
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Linda Gaye Scott as Vama |
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Hal Yamanouchi as Jimmy Kee |
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Arthur Batanides as Shugo |
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Joe Di Reda as Bill Corman |
| Directing | William Beaudine | Director |
| Directing | Norman Foster | Director |
| Directing | E. Darrell Hallenbeck | Director |
| Writing | Ken Pettus | Screenplay |
| Writing | Charles Hoffman | Screenplay |
