The Green Hornet (1974)

6.7/10 90 min Action Comedy

Overview

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.

Cast

Van Williams

Britt Reid / The Green Hornet

Bruce Lee

Kato

Charles Bateman

Quentin Crane

Geoffrey Horne

Peter Eden

Mako

Low Sing

Wende Wagner

Lenore Case

Lloyd Gough

Mike Axford

Walter Brooke

Dist. Atty Scanlon

Robert Strauss

Bud Crocker

Tom Drake

Duke Slate

Linda Gaye Scott

Vama

Hal Yamanouchi

Jimmy Kee

Arthur Batanides

Shugo

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