Main Cast: Bela Lugosi, Joan Barclay, Clayton Moore, George Pembroke, Robert W. Frazer
Release Year: 1942
Country: US
Run Time: 62 minutes
MPAA Rating: NR
Plot
After an opening scene at a Washington DC cocktail party where it is demonstrated that "loose lips sink ships", the plot proper gets under way, wherein a group of six men conspire to undermine America's war effort. What is the connection between these six men, all of them outwardly respectable members of Washingtonian society? Hero Don (Clayton Moore) and heroine Alice (Joan Barclay) suspect that the answer lies with the mysterious, wryly philosophical Dr. Melcher (Bela Lugosi), a world-famous plastic surgeon. It turns out that Melcher is part of an elaborate espionage scheme hatched by the dreaded Black Dragon Society of Japan. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Dave Milton - Art Director, Barney A. Sarecky - Associate Producer, Gerald J. Schnitzer - First Assistant Director, Arthur Hammond - First Assistant Director, William Nigh - Director, Carl Pierson - Editor, Lange and Porter - Composer (Music Score), Art Reed - Cinematographer, Edward W. Rote - Production Manager, Jack Dietz - Producer, Sam Katzman - Producer, Glen Glenn - Sound/Sound Designer, Harvey Harris Gates - Screenwriter
It is prior to the commencement of World War II, and Japan's fiendish Black Dragon Society is hatching an evil plot with the Nazis. They instruct a brilliant scientist, Dr. Melcher, to travel to Japan on a secret mission. There he operates on six Japanese conspirators, transforming them to resemble six American leaders. The actual leaders are murdered and replaced with their likeness and Dr. Melcher is condemned to a lifetime of imprisonment so the secret may die with him.
