THE GREEN HORNET
1966/1973

Most people think of Bruce Lee as a Chinese actor who only appeared in five kung fu films in the early 1970s. In fact, he was born in San Francisco and went to Hong Kong as a child. His first film appearance was as a one year old, and from the late 1940s he played child roles in Hong Kong films. In all he made over thirty films, but only his kung fu classics, the Green Hornet TV series and his appearance in Marlowe in 1969 are readily available.

After Bruce Lee's untimely death in 1973, and the global success of 'Enter The Dragon', two feature films were created to capitalise on Lee's worldwide stardom. The first of these films, Green Hornet, was released theatrically in 1974 and has never been available on DVD ... until now!

PLOT:
The movie is made up of three re-edited stories, covering four of the twenty-six episodes that were made. The first comes from episode 11, The Hunters and the Hunted. Our heroes fight against members of the Explorers Club who have been killing off some people for nefarious purposes. The middle of the film is a cut-down version of the two part Invasion From Outer Space, (episodes 24 and 25). A mad scientist named Dr Mabouse steals an H-Bomb with the intention of dropping it. The last section of the film is taken from episode 10: The Preying Mantis and takes place in Chinatown, with the dynamic duo taking on some Tongs as well as villain Duke Slate. The producers of this work have also edited in some Lee fight scenes from other episodes too.

CAST:
Van Williams ... Britt Reid / ... (26 episodes, 1966-1967)
Bruce Lee ... Kato (26 episodes, 1966-1967)
Wende Wagner ... Lenore 'Casey' Case (26 episodes, 1966-1967)
Lloyd Gough ... Mike Axford (26 episodes, 1966-1967)
Walter Brooke ... D.A. Frank Scanlon (26 episodes, 1966-1967)
William Dozier ... Narrator (26 episodes, 1966-1967)
BADDIES:
Robert Strauss ... Crocker
Larry D. Mann ... Dr Mabouse
Tom Drake ... Duke Slate
Mako ... Chief Chinese baddie

Directed by William Beaudine, Norman Foster, Darrel Hallenbeck

RUNNING TIME: 83 MIN